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Media and Public
Appearances
(October 1993 - March 2010)
Set out below is a list
of
links to Democracy Watch's media and public
appearances from 2010 and past years.
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Democracy Watch
I.
2010 Media
Appearances
in reverse chronological order
TV
Radio
Newspapers, Magazines and Web Media
listing date of appearance, media outlet, and topic, and
for TV and radio the
specific show.
NOTE: Some links will take you to a
media outlet webpage
that
is not controlled by Democracy Watch. In some cases, the
article or interview will no longer be available on that webpage, or
only available to subscribers.
2010 Public
Appearances
are set out below the Media Appearances and are grouped
under Government
Hearings or Conferences, with the host, date and topic
listed for each appearance.
123 media appearances in 2010 (including 28
national
appearances)
TELEVISION
2010 -- 4 TV appearances so
far
(including 2 national TV appearances)
March 1 - CBC News Network (afternoon news) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
March 1 - Straightgoods.ca re: YouTUBE VIDEO: Duff Conacher on how
to resolve the dispute over the disclosure of all documents about
Afghan detainees
February 24 - Straightgoods.ca re: YouTUBE VIDEO: Duff
Conacher on the ethics of lobbying federal Canadian politicians
February 11 - CBC News Network (afternoon news)
re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010)
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RADIO
2010 -- 22 radio
appearances so far (including 4 national radio appearances)
March 11 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Legalized Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Group Calls on PM Harper To Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10, 2010)
March 10 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria, B.C.
-- Adam Stirling's
afternoon show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Legalized Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Group Calls on PM Harper To Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10, 2010)
March 10 - CKRM Talk Radio (Saskatchewan -
Roger Currie morning show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Legalized Conservative Prime
Minister Harper's September 2008 Snap Federal Election Call Despite
Fixed-Election-Date Law -- Group Calls on PM Harper To Promise
Not To Call Another Snap Election (March 10, 2010)
March 9 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: Federal
Conservatives' proposal to change Canada's national anthem is a
distraction from priority issues and CBC.ca (Inside
Politics blog) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
one
former
Supreme
justice, should rule on
disclosure of documents about Afghan detainees
March 6 - CBC Radio's "Q" show re: Federal
Conservatives' proposal to change Canada's national anthem is a
distraction from priority issues
March 3 - Jeff Farias show (U.S. Talk Radio) re:
NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
March 3 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
March 2 - CJAD Talk Radio Montreal re: NEWS RELEASE: Canadian
Federal
Government Far From Owning the Podium on Democracy and
Government Accountability -- Drops to 11th in Global
Integrity's New Annual Report -- Another Accountability Act Needed
(March 1, 2010)
February 11 - CIUT Toronto ("Take Five" morning
show) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls
on
Federal
Conservatives
and
Opposition
MPs
to
Refer
Afghan
Detainee
Document
and
Committee
Testimony
Disclosure
Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010)
February 10 - CBC Saskatchewan ("Bluesky" noon-hour show) re: NEWS
RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010)
February 4 - CBC Radio's The Current show
(feature radio piece) evening re-broadcast re: Examination
of
the
federal
Conservatives'
democratic
reform
and accountability
record featuring Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher (CBC
Radio's The Current, February 4, 2010 -- or click
here and then click on link to Part 3 of the show) -- To see Democracy Watch's Report Card
on the Conservatives' record, click
here
February 4 - CBC Radio's The Current show
(feature radio piece) re: Examination
of
the
federal
Conservatives'
democratic
reform
and
accountability
record
featuring
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher -- To
see Democracy Watch's Report Card
on the Conservatives' record, click
here
January 28 - 570 News Radio (Kitchener, Ontario)
re: Waterloo
city
council
rejects
request
for
referendum
on
amalgamation
with
Kitchener
January 26 - CJOB Talk Radio (Winnipeg, Nighthawk show re:
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless specific
conditions are met -- other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
January 13 - CFRA Talk Radio (Ottawa --
afternoon show) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 12 - News 88.9 Saint John, Moncton,
Halifax
("The Afternoon News"
show with Tom Young) re: Conservative
Prime
Minister
Harper's
arbitrary
and
undemocratic
shutting
down
of
Parliament
offers
him
the
opportunity
to
build
a
consensus
on
Senate
reforms,
instead
of
pushing
his
very
questionable
reforms
January 10 - CKNW Talk Radio (Vancouver, B.C. --
Sean Leslie's Sunday evening show) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 9 - Redeye Co-op radio (Vancouver) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 7 - CFAX 1070 Talk Radio (Victoria, B.C. -- Adam Stirling's
afternoon show) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 7 - CBC Radio's "Q" re: Facebook and other social media
websites are good for reaching out and activating voters, but virtual
voters must be connected to petition-signing and/or letter-writing to
politicians for their concern to count
January 6 - CBC Radio News (Ontario north) re:
likely unjustifiable closure of Royal Bank branch in town of
Ironbridge, Ontario
January 4 - CIUT Toronto
("Take Five"
morning show) re: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's abuse of
power in shutting down Parliament until March, and how opposition
parties must change the rules to prevent such abuses in the future
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NEWSPAPERS,
MAGAZINES and WEB MEDIA
2010 -- 97 print and web media appearances so far
(including 22 national appearances)
March 5 - National Post (blog) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
former
Supreme
Court justice, should rule on
disclosure of documents about Afghan detainees
March 5 - CBC.ca (Inside
Politics blog) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
one
former
Supreme
justice, should rule on
disclosure of documents about Afghan detainees
March 5 - CanadianPress.com wire article (also published by 23 other
media outlets across Canada) re: Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
not
former justice, should rule on disclosure of
documents about Afghan detainees
March 3 - Globe and Mail
(Lawrence Martin's column) re: Federal
Liberals
should
promise
government
accountability
reforms
that
Conservatives promised but failed to act on
March 3 - Le Devoir re: Three
federal
Conservative
Cabinet
ministers
being
investigated
by
Information
Commissioner for blocking access to documents
March 2 - CBC.ca (Inside
Politics blog) re: Liberal
Party-organized
panel
discussion
on
government
accountability -- To
see related news release, click
here
March 1 - StraightGoods.ca re: Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
would
clear
up
rights of Parliament and
public to full disclosure of documents and testimony about Afghan
detainees
February 26 - CBC.ca
(Inside Politics blog) re: Announcement
of
federal
Liberal
Party-organized
panel
discussion
on
Monday,
March
1st
on
issue of
government accountability
February 24 - Globe and Mail
(Lawrence Martin's column) re: Federal
Conservatives
have
broken
their
open
government
promises
February 23 -
StraightGoods.ca re: federal political finance system still has
loopholes that allow for secret, unlimited donations to nomination race
and party leadership candidates
February 22 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their promise to make nomination races democratic,
but opposition parties and MPs also to blame for control by party
leaders of MPs
February 17 - National Post
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their promise to make nomination races democratic,
but opposition parties and MPs also to blame for control by party
leaders of MPs
February 13 - Canada.com
and 11 CanWest News Service newspapers across Canada re: Federal
Conservative
Minister
of
Democratic
Reform
refuses
to
make
his
briefing
book
public
Also published by:
- Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Regina Leader-Post, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, Victoria Times Colonist, Nanaimo Daily News
February 13 - Winnipeg Free Press
re: Federal
Conservative
Minister
of
Democratic
Reform
refuses
to
make
his
briefing
book
public
February 11 - Le Devoir re:
NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010) -- To see article in Le Devoir (in French), click
here
February 10 - CBC.ca (Inside Politics blog) re: NEWS RELEASE: Democracy
Watch
Calls on Federal Conservatives and Opposition MPs to Refer Afghan
Detainee Document and Committee Testimony Disclosure Issues to Supreme
Court of Canada for Ruling (February 10, 2010) -- To see the blog posting, click
here
February 8 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal Accountability
Act's
restrictions on government officials becoming lobbyists have nothing to
do with Conservative government's difficulty in finding experienced,
competent Cabinet staff people, and whether and how Parliament passing
a law can restrict a Prime Minister will likely be determined by
Democracy Watch's fixed-election-date
court
case
February 8 - Hill Times re:
Parliamentary Budget Officer is now untouchable unless he acts in a
very negligent way
February 4 - Toronto Star
re: Ontario
judges
hold
unjustifiably
secret
training
session
on
trial
management
issues
February issue - The CCPA Monitor
(publishing
op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law
February-March issue - Dialogue
magazine (publishing op-ed by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless specific
conditions are met -- other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
February 1 - Hill Times re:
Changing rules on
prorogation of Parliament raises same issues of restricting Prime
Minister's powers as the federal fixed-election-date law
February 1 - Hill Times re: Federal Accountability Act's
restrictions on government officials becoming lobbyists have nothing to
do with Conservative government's difficulty in finding experienced,
competent Cabinet staff people
January 28 - Globe and Mail
(Lawrence Martin's
column) re: As
Democracy
Watch
has
detailed
in
many
reports
over
the
past
16
years,
no
ruling
party,
nor
Parliament
overall,
has
done
enough
to
reduce
the
federal government's democratic deficit -- To see some of Democracy Watch's
recent reports, click here
January 28 - 570News.com (Kitchener, Ontario) re: Waterloo
city
council
rejects
request
for
referendum
on
amalgamation
with
Kitchener
January 26 - rabble.ca (John Bonnar's blog) re: Anti-prorogation
rally
in
Toronto
at
which
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
was
one
of
the
speakers
January 26 - New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal (Chantal Hébert's column) re: Columnist
Chantal
Hébert
jumps
prematurely
to
the
conclusion
that
laws
cannot
restrict
the
Prime
Minister's
right
to
advise
the
Governor
General
to
shut
down
Parliament,
given that Democracy Watch is appealing its
fixed-election-date case ruling to the Federal Court of Appeal
January 25 - Hill Times
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Court judge dodges issue of legality of federal Conservatives' 2006
election ad spending scheme -- Elections Canada must appeal or
prosecute to get ruling that clarifies the issue
January 25 - The Varsity
(University of Toronto's newspaper) re: Anti-prorogation rally in
Toronto at which Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher was one of
the speakers
January 25 - Toronto Star
(Chantal Hébert's column) re: Columnist
Chantal
Hébert
jumps
prematurely
to
the
conclusion
that
laws
cannot
restrict
the
Prime
Minister's
right
to
advise
the
Governor
General
to
shut
down
Parliament, given that Democracy Watch is
appealing its fixed-election-date case ruling to the Federal Court of
Appeal
January 24 - CP24.com re: Anti-prorogation
rally
in
Toronto
at
which
Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher
was
a
speaker
January 23 - GlobeandMail.com (Nelson Spector's blog) re: the
prorogation of Parliament and Democracy Watch's fixed-election-date
court challenge -- To see the
blog posting, click
here
January 23 - Winnipeg Free Press
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Court judge dodges issue of legality of federal Conservatives' 2006
election ad spending scheme -- Elections Canada must appeal or
prosecute to get ruling that clarifies the issue
January 22 - National Post
re: Canada's
federal
political
public
financing
system
needs
some
changes
to
be
more
democratic,
but
not
radical
changes
-- Also published by:
- GlobalTV.com, click
here
- GlobalTVBC.com, click
here
- Kelowna.com, click
here
January 20 - Macleans.ca
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Court judge dodges issue of legality of federal Conservatives' 2006
election ad spending scheme -- Elections Canada must appeal or
prosecute to get ruling that clarifies the issue
January 18 - Toronto Star and Hill Times (publishing op-ed by
Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless specific
conditions are met -- other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
January 16 - Charlottetown Guardian
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Federal
Conservatives broke their whistleblower protection and open government
election promises, as the Afghan prisoner scandal makes clear
January 15 - Yukon News re: Prime Minister Harper has
acted in an arbitrary and undemocratic way in proroguing Parliament
January 14 - Kingston Whig Standard
(publishing
op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as published in the
Whig Standard, click
here
January 14 - Canada.com and 5 CanWest News Service newspapers across
Canada re: Once
again,
federal
Ethics
Commissioner
Mary
Dawson
protects
Cabinet
ministers
with
flawed
ethics
ruling,
this
time
approving
of
them
handing
out
government
cheques
labelled
with
Conservative
Party
logo
January 13 - Waterloo Region Record,
Guelph Mercury and Sudbury Star (all publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher)
re: Prorogation
of Parliament and snap elections avoid government accountability in
many unreported ways and must be prohibited unless specific
conditions are met -- other changes needed
to ensure ongoing accountability
January 11 - Hill Times
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 9 - Vancouver Sun
(publishing
letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 8 - Toronto Star
(publishing letter-to-the-editor by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher) re: Conservative
Prime Minister Harper's arbitrary and undemocratic shutting down of
Parliament offers him the opportunity to build a consensus on Senate
reforms, instead of pushing his very questionable reforms
January 7 - New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as published in the
Telegraph-Journal, click
here
January 7 - StraightGoods.ca (publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch
Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty
is
the
best
government
policy, and so it
should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as published on
StraightGoods.ca, click
here
January 6 - Kitchener-Waterloo Record
and Guelph Mercury
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty is the best government policy, and so it should
be required by law -- To see the op-ed as published in The Record, click here
January 6 - Owen Sound Sun Times
(publishing op-ed by Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff Conacher) re: Honesty is the best government policy, and so it should
be required by law
January 6 - Globe and Mail
re: Federal
Parliamentary
Budget
Officer
(PBO)
will
use
his
clear
power
to
release
reports
while
Parliament
is
shut
down
--
As Democracy Watch
first pointed out, PBO would lose that power if made into an Officer of
Parliament unless changes are made
January 5 - Niagara This Week
re: One of the
significant local area stories of 2009 was Democracy Watch's complaint
about local Conservative MP Rick Dykstra -- see details in NEWS
RELEASE: Group
Files Additional Information Supporting Complaints To Lobbying
Commissioner, Ethics Commissioner and Elections Canada About
Fundraising Events That Raise Serious Questions Held by Federal
Conservatives Rick Dykstra and Lisa Raitt (November 3, 2009)
January/February 2010 issue
- The Walrus magazine re:
History and state of federal Canadian access-to-information system, and
how Democracy Watch continues to push federal politicians with its Open Government Campaign
December 24 - Toronto Star
re: Federal
Task
Force
on
Financial
Literacy
must
recommend
creation
of
financial
industry
citzen
watchdog
group,
and
bank
regulation,
to
be
effective
December 23 - Maclean's
magazine re: Democracy
Watch's
successful
court
challenge
leads
to
stronger
restrictions
on
federal
lobbyists
doing
favours
for
politicians,
parties
and
government
officials
December 21 - Hill Times re:
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives' Accountability and Democratic Reform Record Earns Only
an "E" Grade For Breaking Many Promises and Practising Politics As
Usual -- Three Years After Federal
Accountability
Act Became Law, Dishonesty, Conflicts of
Interest, Excessive Secrecy,
Unlimited
Donations and Patronage All Still Legal -- Another, Stronger
Accountability
Act Needed (December 16, 2009)
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II. 2010
Public Appearances
in reverse chronological order
GOVERNMENT HEARINGS
2010
March 1 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher presented in Ottawa in the Centre Block of Parliament at a
public forum organized by the Liberal Party of Canada on the issue of
government accountability -- To see
related news release, click here
February 10 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher presented in Ottawa in the Centre Block of Parliament at an
unofficial committee meeting on the issue of how to resolve the dispute
over the disclosure of documents concerning detainees in Afghanistan --
To see related news
release, click here
February 3 - Democracy Watch Coordinator Duff
Conacher presented in Ottawa in the Centre Block of Parliament at a
public forum organized by the Liberal Party of Canada on how to prevent
white-collar crime -- To see
related news release, click here
CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS / SPEECHES
2010
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