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413 media appearances in 2025 (including 35 national appearances)
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Epoch Times and Canada.com (August 9, 2012)
Letter to the Editor by Duff Conacher
Public has clear right to know what political staffers are doing and what power they have

Hill Times and 404 System Error (August 6, 2012)
Letter to the Editor by Duff Conacher
Hill Times headline mischaracterizes and ignores key ethics issue in Calandra conflict

Hill Times (July 31, 2012)
Website article
Federal Conservatives fail to initiate Conflict of Interest Act review by legally required deadline — Democracy Watch leads push for review and to close huge loopholes in Act and strengthen enforcement because all parties have ignored problems for decades

Hill Times (July 30, 2012)
Website article
Elections Canada needs new powers to clean up election system, and has an enforcement problem

Hill Times (July 30, 2012)
Website article
MP Paul Calandra’s fundraising events violate Prime Minister Harper’s own rules, and raise serious questions about violations of federal ethics and lobbying laws

Hill Times (July 30, 2012)
Website article
MP Paul Calandra’s fundraising events violate Prime Minister Harper’s own rules, and raise serious questions about violations of federal ethics and lobbying laws

Hill Times (July 30, 2012)
Website article
Elections Canada needs new powers to clean up election system, and has an enforcement problem

Huffington Post (July 30, 2012)
Letter to the Editor by Tyler Sommers
Federal Conservative Party response to Carson charges deeply hypocritical, federal ethics rules must be applied equally to all

Globe and Mail (July 26, 2012)
Website article
Prime Minister’s Office ignores own rules in defending Conservative MP Paul Calandara in fundraising controversy (Globe and Mail)

Hill Times (July 23, 2012)
Website article
Elections Canada faces serious questions about its enforcement system — must prove it has been enforcing law and holding fair elections by disclosing rulings in 3,000 complaints it has received since 1997