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OTTAWA - Today, Democracy Watch announced that it expects a response from Elections Ontario this week to the lawyer’s letter it sent on March 6th to Ontario’s... more
March 14, 2018
OTTAWA - Today, Democracy Watch released details about the lawsuit it filed last Thursday in the Federal Court of Appeal challenging the Ethics Commissioner's... more
November 21, 2017
by Duff Conacher
In all the spin and the counter-spin concerning Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s conflicts of interest scandal, what are the real problems, and... more
November 15, 2017
OTTAWA – Today, Fair Vote Canada and Democracy Watch jointly released the letter they sent yesterday to federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner... more
October 12, 2017
Dear Canadians,
Democracy Watch is a supporter of Fair Vote Canada’s Make Every Vote Count campaign.
We have joined together, and with many other citizen... more
July 20, 2016
OTTAWA - Today, Democracy Watch called on the Ontario and B.C. ethics commissioners, and ethics commissioners across the country, to do their jobs properly by... more
March 31, 2016
Prime Minister Trudeau's mandate letters to ministers (which he thankfully made public for the first time ever) importantly remind them that the PM’s... more
December 10, 2015
Prime Minister Harper’s former top aide Nigel Wright has begun testifying at the criminal trial of Conservative Senator Mike Duffy – and so far Wright’s... more
August 20, 2015
OTTAWA – Today, Democracy Watch launched a letter-writing campaign calling on the federal Auditor General to conduct a quick audit of the Conservative... more
April 27, 2015
OTTAWA – Today, Democracy Watch launched a letter-writing campaign calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to finally come clean about who paid off his costs... more
December 15, 2014
It has just been revealed that the government accesses the private data of Canadians once every 27 seconds.[1]
That means that 1 in 34 Canadians have had... more
June 29, 2014
Dear political party leaders:
According to all experts, the powers of the Canadian Prime Minister and provincial premiers exceed the powers of any other... more
June 25, 2014
Today, Democracy Watch called for democratic changes to Ontario's political system in response to the clear crisis of low voter turnout in the provincial... more
June 23, 2014
Today, Democracy Watch called on the federal Conservatives to make the so-called “Fair Elections Act” (Bill C-23) actually fair, and detailed the 10 really... more
March 17, 2014
Want to make Canadians happy? Ban ALL Robocalls period!
Whether its for election purposes or direct marketing, I don’t know anyone who likes receiving... more
By James OGrady
November 23, 2012