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196 media appearances in 2024 (including 40 national appearances)
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National Post (and Vancouver Province) (March 26, 2014)
Website article
Senate committee proposes changes Democracy Watch has pushed for years to make Senate Ethics Officer more independent and effective

Hill Times (March 24, 2014)
Website article
Federal Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty bailed out Canada’s big banks with tens of billions of dollars, but did not to require them provide fair service at fair prices

Democracy Watch (March 17, 2014)
News Release
Democracy Watch reveals the 10 really unfair measures in the so-called “Fair Elections Act” and the 10 priority measures that must be added to the Act make federal elections actually fair

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

CBC Alberta (March 5, 2014)
Website article
Alberta Premier Alison Redford violates travel spending rules

Canada.com (February 21, 2014)
Website Article
Federal Conservatives’ so-called “Fair Elections Act” does nothing to make election campaigns fair for independent candidates

Democracy Watch (February 20, 2014)
Op-ed by Duff Conacher
Trudeau’s next smart moves on Senate reform should include House and elections reform

Straight.com (Vancouver) (February 19, 2014)
Website Article
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)
Website Article
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

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