Catégorie : News
(English) Secrecy in the federal government is worse now than in past 25 years
Link to Toronto Star article
(English) Democracy Watch calls on Senate Ethics Officer to initiate inquiries into Senator Duffy’s acceptance of payment from Arthur Hamilton, and into interventions by senators Gerstein and LeBreton in Duffy’s audit
(English) Federal Conservatives and Liberals vote to keep Auditor General from doing regular, random audits of MP’s spending — Hill Times
Link to Hill Times article
(English) Based on evidence available and opinion of the law, Democracy Watch sends letter to RCMP suggesting that Senate scandal investigation should be expanded to cover more people
(English) A new system is needed to suspend mayors who do things like Rob Ford has, but proposal to empower MPs to remove party leaders go too far, although other empowerment changes are positive — CTV News Channel
Link to CTV News channel online recording
(English) Disclosure to the RCMP of emails from the Prime Minister’s lawyer will likely lead to the investigation broadening to include other people — CTV News Channel
Link to CTV News Channel online recording
(English) Senate ethics code prohibits using influence improperly, so Senate Ethics Officer should investigate Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein for contacting Deloitte about Senator Mike Duffy audit
Link to Global News article
(English) Nigel Wright and others involved in negotiations to pay off Senator Mike Duffy all likely violated anti-bribery measure in Criminal Code
Link to Macleans.ca article
(English) Federal Conservatives 14 months late with promised bill to stop fraud robocalls and strengthen election law enforcement
Link to Hill Times article