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Honesty in Politics Campaign
Advocating for a strict, easily accessible and effective
system to penalize election candidates, politicians, government
and political party officials who mislead the public (including by
switching parties
between elections).
honest - 1. fair and just in character or
behaviour, not cheating or stealing 2. free of deceit and
untruthfulness,
sincere 3. fairly earned (an honest living)
honesty - 1. the quality of being honest
2. truthfulness
(Source: The Canadian Oxford Dictionary:
Oxford University Press)
They say "honesty in the best policy" -- you can help make
politics an honest living by:
Democracy Watch Coordinator on
need for honesty-in-politics law
(YouTube video)
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Democracy Watch has released
the following documents in
its
Honesty in Politics Campaign
(in reverse chronological order):
- 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)
- RADIO PIECE: 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
- OP-ED: Honesty is
the best government policy, and so it
should
be required by law (Owen Sound Sun Times, Kitchener-Waterloo Record and the Guelph Mercury on January 6, 2010, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal
and on Straightgoods.ca on January 7, 2010, and Kingston Whig Standard, January 14,
2010)
- REPORT CARD: 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)
- NEWS RELEASE: Ontario
Liberals
Reject
Good
Government Amendments to Their "Bad Government
Act" -- Dishonesty,
Secret Unlimited Donations, Secret Lobbying, Excessive Secrecy and
Conflicts
of Interest Still Allowed, and Independence of Public Inquiries
Undermined (December 3, 2009)
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