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Democracy Watch has
produced the
following documents in its Voter Rights Campaign:
(in reverse chronological order)
- 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)
- 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)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: 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 (Hill Times, February 22, 2010 and National Post, February 17, 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
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Ontario
judges
hold
unjustifiably
secret
training
session on trial management
issues (Toronto Star,
February 4, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: 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 (Lawrence Martin's column, Globe and Mail, January 28, 2010)
-- To see some of Democracy
Watch's recent reports, click
here
- YouTUBE VIDEO: Democracy
Watch
Coordinator
Duff
Conacher's
speech
at
the
anti-prorogation of
Parliament rally in Toronto (January 23, 2010 -- NOTE: the speech
starts at the 2:45 minute mark of the video, and ends at the 6 minute
mark of the video)
- OP-ED: 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 (Waterloo
Region Record, Guelph Mercury
and Sudbury Star, January 13,
2010, Toronto Star and Hill Times, January 18, 2010)
- LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: 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 (Toronto Star, January 8, 2010; Vancouver Sun, January 9, 2010; Hill Times, January 11, 2010)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: 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 (Globe and Mail, January 6, 2009)
- 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)
Proposal for
Initiative,
Referendum Direct Democracy in Canada
Canadian
Governments' Election
System Reviews
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