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DeSmog Blog (janvier 13, 2014)
Website Article
(English) Federal Ethics Commissioner should investigate former Conservative Cabinet minister’s work for tar sands pipeline company
NOW Magazine (Toronto weekly) (janvier 12, 2014)
Magazine article
(English) Rob Ford and other city cases shows need for stronger, province-wide code of conduct law and penalties for all municipalities, and provincial watchdog
Toronto Star (janvier 10, 2014)
Letter to the Editor by Duff Conacher
(English) Politicians will govern better when they change key laws so they are required to govern better
Yahoo! News Blog (janvier 7, 2014)
Blog Article
(English) Federal Ethics Commissioner should investigate whether former Conservative Cabinet minister has shared secret information with clients, which would violate the Conflict of Interest Act
Vancouver Observer (janvier 6, 2014)
Website Article
(English) Federal Ethics Commissioner claims there is no conflict when former Cabinet minister who chairs federal spying watchdog committee also lobbies for company seeking approval of pipeline from federal government
Vancouver Observer (janvier 6, 2014)
Website Article
(English) Federal Ethics Commissioner should investigate whether former Conservative Cabinet minister has shared secret information with clients, which would violate the Conflict of Interest Act
iPolitics.ca (décembre 30, 2013)
Website Article
(English) Increasing discretionary powers of Cabinet ministers to make legal rulings is dangerously undemocratic
Democracy Watch (décembre 17, 2013)
News Release
(English) Ethics Commissioner’s quick ruling based on very questionable claim that law does not allow her to investigate any of the interventions by PMO staff in the Senate audit of Senator Duffy while the RCMP is investigating Nigel Wright’s payment to Duffy
Hill Times (décembre 16, 2013)
Website Article
(English) Federal Conservatives could try to create one ethics code and enforcement agency for the House of Commons and Senate
Democracy Watch (décembre 16, 2013)
News Release
(English) Democracy Watch calls again on Toronto Integrity Commissioner to investigate and rule on whether Rob Ford has violated standards of conduct in council code