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883 media appearances in 2025 (including 83 national appearances)
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Vancouver Observer (January 16, 2014)
Website Article
Ethics Commissioner Distances Herself From Strahl Complaints

iPolitics.ca (January 14, 2014)
Website Article
Federal Ethics Commissioner should investigate former Conservative Cabinet minister Vic Toews for lobbying Manitoba government given his past role as minister for the province, and links between his clients and his past department

Hill Times (January 13, 2014)
Website Article
All senators who have violated spending rules must be publicly identified

DeSmog Blog (January 13, 2014)
Website Article
Federal Ethics Commissioner should investigate former Conservative Cabinet minister’s work for tar sands pipeline company

NOW Magazine (Toronto weekly) (January 12, 2014)
Magazine article
Rob Ford and other city cases shows need for stronger, province-wide code of conduct law and penalties for all municipalities, and provincial watchdog

Toronto Star (January 10, 2014)
Letter to the Editor by Duff Conacher
Politicians will govern better when they change key laws so they are required to govern better

Yahoo! News Blog (January 7, 2014)
Blog Article
Federal Ethics Commissioner should investigate whether former Conservative Cabinet minister has shared secret information with clients, which would violate the Conflict of Interest Act

Vancouver Observer (January 6, 2014)
Website Article
Federal Ethics Commissioner claims there is no conflict when former Cabinet minister who chairs federal spying watchdog committee also lobbies for company seeking approval of pipeline from federal government

Vancouver Observer (January 6, 2014)
Website Article
Federal Ethics Commissioner should investigate whether former Conservative Cabinet minister has shared secret information with clients, which would violate the Conflict of Interest Act

iPolitics.ca (December 30, 2013)
Website Article
Increasing discretionary powers of Cabinet ministers to make legal rulings is dangerously undemocratic