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(English) Elections Canada keeps rulings secret on 2,982 complaints since 1997

Posted on avril 16, 2012juillet 24, 2017 by admin

(English) Elections Canada discloses some information about robocall complaints from 2011 election, but must still disclose its rulings on more than 2,280 complaints it received since 2004, and elections law must still be changed

Posted on mars 29, 2012juillet 24, 2017 by admin

(English) Federal Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs using PIN messages to avoid disclosure of records to the public — loophole in Access to Information Act must be closed

Posted on mars 14, 2012octobre 9, 2012 by admin

(English) Honesty in politics is the best policy, and so it should be required by law

Posted on Décembre 22, 2011mars 1, 2021 by admin

(English) Federal Conservatives’ Accountability and Democratic Reform Record Gets An “F” For Breaking Many Promises and Practising Politics As Usual

Posted on Décembre 12, 2011juillet 24, 2017 by admin

(English) Green Party receives D- best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Ontario Parties’ Good Government Platforms — Conservatives receive an E, NDP an F and Liberals an Incomplete

Posted on septembre 30, 2011juillet 24, 2017 by admin

(English) Group hopes media will ask party leaders in election campaigns “If you break promises, will you resign?” and “Will you support passage of honesty-in-politics law?”

Posted on septembre 27, 2011juillet 24, 2017 by admin

(English) Democracy Watch plans court challenge of Elections Ontario’s failure to inform voters of their right to decline their ballot

Posted on septembre 22, 2011octobre 9, 2012 by admin

(English) Global Integrity Report lowers Canadian federal government’s score from 80 to 75 — Weak enforcement of Accountability Act’s loophole-filled rules the main reason for drop in democracy rating

Posted on mai 4, 2011juillet 24, 2017 by admin

(English) Green Party receives B- best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Federal Parties’ Good Government Platforms, Bloc second with C-, Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all receive F

Posted on avril 28, 2011octobre 9, 2012 by admin