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(English) Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s by-election call dangerously undemocratic, elections agencies need power to schedule by-elections — CTV News
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(English) People in politics need job descriptions, and strong transparency, ethics and accountability rules, to ensure they fulfill their public duties properly
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(English) Elections Canada keeping thousands of complaints behind closed doors, key changes needed to require transparency — Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA — An MP stands accused of trying to get taxpayers to help foot the bill for haircuts and tooth whitener.
Two others are engaged in a battle with Elections Canada over whether they have to claim as election ads certain ads they erected before the election.
(English) Trudeau’s speaking fees situation shows need for clear rules on MPs jobs, income and ethics National Post
They are landlords, lawyers, restaurateurs, store owners, consultants, investors, public speakers, corporate directors, a realtor, a chiropractor, an insurance broker, a nurse, a doctor and a club director. They are also our members of Parliament.
(English) A Bad Sad Joke – And A Scare — National News Watch
The office of Parliament’s “ethics” commissioner has become a bad, sad joke. But the “new” relationship between the RCMP and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is alarming for a First-World democracy.
(English) Trudeau’s speaking fees situation shows need for clear rules on MPs jobs, income and ethics — CBC.ca
The debate over Justin Trudeau’s speaking fees has raised questions about what MPs and senators should be allowed to earn on top of their parliamentary incomes.
(English) Trudeau’s speaking fees situation shows need for clear rules on MPs jobs, income and ethics — Huffington Post
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(English) Proposal for blanket secrecy by federal Conservative government dangerously undemocratic – all information must be publicly available unless legitimate privacy/security concern — CTV News
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(English) Federal whistleblower law full of loopholes and commissioner is a lapdog, immediate changes needed to protect whistleblowers and Canadians — Calgary Herald
As the world wrestles with the hero-or-traitor conundrum posed by ex-CIA technician Edward Snowden and his bombshell revelations about U.S. government surveillance of citizens’ email and phone traffic, longtime promoters of the whistle-blowing movement — a now-global phenomenon launched by American political activist Ralph Nader in 1971 — are defending the informant ethic as a noble instinct and a crucial check on corruption, corporate malfeasance, excessive secrecy and other abuses of power in modern democracies.