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580 media appearances in 2026 (including 78 national appearances)
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Waterloo Record (May 24, 2014)
Website article
Low voter turnout is a crisis, even with high participation by volunteers in election campaigns

YahooNews.ca (May 22, 2014)
Website article
Elections Ontario fails to inform voters of their right to vote “none of the above” in the Ontario election, claims their role is not to increase voter turnout

Democracy Watch (May 22, 2014)
News Release
Democracy Watch calls on Elections Ontario to inform voters of all their rights in innovative ways, including right to decline their ballot – plans court challenge

CBC Radio New Brunswick (early morning show) and CBC.ca (New Brunswick page) (May 21, 2014)
Radio Interview
New Brunswick government should have consulted openly with public before signing forestry contract with Irvings, should do so now

NorthumberlandView.ca (April 29, 2014)
Website article
Federal Conservatives’ so-called Fair Elections Act needs many changes, including making election debates more fair

Simcoe.com (Op-ed by Aileen Carroll) (April 28, 2014)
Website article
Federal Conservatives’ so-called Fair Elections Act needs many changes to make federal elections actually fair

Democracy Watch (April 28, 2014)
Op-ed by Duff Conacher
The federal Conservatives only go halfway to making the Federal Elections Act actually fair

Huffington Post (April 28, 2014)
Website article
The Conservatives’ so-called Fair Elections Act does not make enough changes to ensure fraud robocalls won’t happen again

CJOB Radio Winnipeg (April 28, 2014)
Radio Interview
The federal Conservatives only go halfway to making the Federal Elections Act actually fair

Barrie Examiner (April 24, 2014)
Op-ed by Aileen Carroll
Federal Conservatives’ so-called “Fair Elections Act” needs many changes to make it actually fair