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883 media appearances in 2025 (including 83 national appearances)
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Calgary Herald, Canada.com, and Vancouver Sun (June 14, 2013)
Website Article
Federal whistleblower law full of loopholes and commissioner is a lapdog, immediate changes needed to protect whistleblowers and Canadians — Calgary Herald
Democracy Watch (June 14, 2013)
News Release
Group believes Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer should have found Nigel Wright and Senator Duffy guilty two weeks ago for secret payment
Huffington Post (June 12, 2013)
Website Article
Large majority of Canadians want rules restricting party leaders power to control politicians — here’s how it could be done
Democracy Watch (June 4, 2013)
News Release
PMO/PCO dodging ATI request for number of times Ethics Commissioner has contacted them since 2007 – raises questions about independence as Ethics Commissioner investigates Nigel Wright
CTV News (June 4, 2013)
Television Interview
News of motion to call Auditor General to audit all senators sounds good, but it must be a full audit and law of Parliament changed to require this yearly for all politicians
Canada.com, the Ottawa Citizen, and 7 other media outlets (June 3, 2013)
Website Article
Senate Ethics Officer is a lapdog, is under the control of a committee of Senators — key changes needed to make office independent, effective — Canada.com
Huffington Post (June 3, 2013)
Website Article
Group believes Ethics Commissioner and Ethics Officer should find Nigel Wright and Senator Duffy guilty right now for secret payment – No reason possible RCMP investigation should delay their rulings — Huffington Post
Democracy Watch (May 31, 2013)
News Release
Group believes Ethics Commissioner and Ethics Officer should find Nigel Wright and Senator Duffy guilty right now for secret payment – No reason possible RCMP investigation should delay their rulings
NOW Magazine (Toronto) (May 30, 2013)
Magazine article
Democracy Watch pushing for action on election fraud robocalls
CTV News (May 30, 2013)
Television Interview
New Senate spending rules won’t change anything, Senate committee still enforcing rules on fellow senators. Only way to end waste, secrecy, and corruption is to abolish the Senate — CTV News



