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277 media appearances in 2026 (including 37 national appearances)
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Democracy Watch (October 25, 2016)
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Group files ethics complaint with federal Lobbying Commissioner about big business chairman assisting with fundraising event for Finance Minister while his business is lobbying the minister

Democracy Watch (October 6, 2016)
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Democracy Watch calls on Ethics Commissioner to rule, finally, on Nigel Wright, Patrick Rogers, Chris Woodcock and Benjamin Perrin intervening in Senate committee’s audit of Senator Mike Duffy

Democracy Watch (July 19, 2016)
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Democracy Watch launches court case challenging Ethics Commissioner’s unethical conflict of interest scheme for Federal Minister Dominic LeBlanc that allows him to hide whether and when he is making decisions that affect J.D. Irving’s interests

Democracy Watch (July 15, 2016)
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Federal Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s unethical conflict of interest scheme allows him to make decisions that affect J.D. Irving’s interests

Democracy Watch (May 26, 2016)
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Group files ethics complaint with federal Lobbying Commissioner about travel junkets lobbyists have given to MPs and senators for years

Democracy Watch (May 16, 2016)
Op-Ed by Duff Conacher
Before making any other changes, make the 5-year ban on federal lobbying an actual ban, and make it fair, and strengthen enforcement

Democracy Watch (April 22, 2016)
News Release
Given judge’s conclusions in Senator Mike Duffy trial ruling, Democracy Watch again calls for Nigel Wright, and PMO and Conservative Party officials who aided him, to be prosecuted for bribing Duffy

Democracy Watch (April 14, 2016)
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Group launches petition calling on Prime Minister Trudeau and Revenue Minister Lebouthillier to call public inquiry into CRA’s relationship with big accounting firms – more than 15,000 have signed already

Democracy Watch (April 6, 2016)
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Will Prime Minister Trudeau enforce his own code rule that prohibits ministers fundraising from stakeholders?

Democracy Watch (March 31, 2016)
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Group calls on Ontario and B.C. and all other ethics commissioners to stop unethical fundraising events by premiers and Cabinet ministers by issuing ruling that the events are illegal