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774 media appearances in 2025 (including 64 national appearances)
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Democracy Watch (January 11, 2018)
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2017 donations show Ontario political finance system still undemocratic – Liberals and PCs both received 36% of donations from only 11% of donors

Democracy Watch (January 9, 2018)
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Democracy Watch calls on Elections Ontario to inform voters of all their rights effectively, including right to decline their ballot in 2018 election – plans court challenge

Democracy Watch (January 8, 2018)
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Lobbying Commissioner confirms investigation of Democracy Watch’s complaint that Aga Khan violated Lobbyists’ Code by giving PM Trudeau and MP O’Regan gift of trip to Bahamas island

Democracy Watch (December 20, 2017)
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Ethics Commissioner’s good ruling on Aga Khan gift to Prime Minister doesn’t excuse overall very weak record that Auditor General should audit

Democracy Watch (December 18, 2017)
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Like Scrooge, Canada’s big businesses and banks trying to keep all the money for themselves

Democracy Watch (December 13, 2017)
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Nine months of 2017 donations show Ontario political finance system still undemocratic – Liberals received almost 29% of donations from only 7% of donors, PCs received almost 33% of donations from only 9.4% of donors

Democracy Watch (December 12, 2017)
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Liberals’ proposed candidate for Ethics Commissioner has record of eight unethical and questionable actions as Integrity Commissioner

Democracy Watch (December 6, 2017)
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25,000+ petition calls on Finance Minister Morneau to stop protecting his big bank friends and make key changes to stop gouging and abuse of bank customers

Democracy Watch (November 30, 2017)
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Group calls on Auditor General to audit performance of federal Ethics Commissioner given negligently weak enforcement record that is a sad joke

Democracy Watch (November 24, 2017)
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Group calls on Auditor General to audit performance of federal Commissioner of Lobbying and RCMP given negligently weak enforcement record that is a sad joke