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277 media appearances in 2026 (including 37 national appearances)
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Toronto Star (April 5, 2014)
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Businesses, other organizations and people from outside the jurisdiction should not be allowed to donate to Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s campaign or any politician’s campaign

SingTao.ca (April 4, 2014)
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Businesses, other organizations and people from outside the jurisdiction should not be allowed to donate to Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s campaign or any politician’s campaign

Calgary Herald (April 4, 2014)
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Wealthy businesses and interest groups continue to buy influence over Alberta politicians because of dangerously undemocratic donations system

24Hrs Vancouver (April 2, 2014)
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark, and all politicians, should be prohibited for five years after they are elected from dealing with matters that specifically affect companies they worked with before entering politics

National Post (and Vancouver Province) (March 26, 2014)
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Senate committee proposes changes Democracy Watch has pushed for years to make Senate Ethics Officer more independent and effective

Toronto Star (March 11, 2014)
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Toronto Police Services Board needs to clean up its ethics rules and its complaint-handling process

Straight.com (Vancouver) (February 19, 2014)
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Case of alleged conflict of interest of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson highlights how B.C. is the wildly undemocratic and unethical west when it comes to political donations, lobbying and ethics rules

CBC B.C. (February 18, 2014)
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Case of alleged conflict of interest of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson highlights how B.C. is the wildly undemocratic and unethical west when it comes to political donations, lobbying and ethics rules

The Hill Times (February 17, 2014)
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Federal Conservative MPs on House Ethics Committee ignore huge loopholes in report on federal ethics rules, and while NDP calls for all loopholes to be closed, Liberals only criticize Conservatives

TheTyee.ca (February 17, 2014)
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Is Stockwell giving advice to RCI using secret information he learned as a Cabinet minister, which would violate the federal ethics law?