Democracy Watch and Integrity B.C. founder Wayne Crookes have filed a case in Federal Court challenging Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) request that Governor General Mary May Simon call a snap election. The case is not aimed at stopping the current federal election. Instead, it is aimed at winning a ruling that the prime minister violated the … Read more
Democracy Watch formally launched its petition on Change.org calling on new Governor General Mary Simon to say no to any snap election call by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) before the next fixed election date. A snap election call would be illegal, dishonest, and unfair and dangerous for many voters. More than 2,500 voters have already … Read more
As the Liberal government consults on its new National Action Plan for the international Open Government Partnership process, Democracy Watch and partners call on the government to make commitments to strengthen open government. “The Trudeau Liberals broke many of their promises to close loopholes in Canada’s open government law, and transparency rules for government spending, and they have done nothing to strengthen … Read more
Democracy Watch criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) failure to send the shortlist of candidates for next Governor General to at least federal opposition party leaders or, even better, party leaders in all legislatures across Canada (given the GG appoints lieutenant governors), to ensure a fair choice for GG. “Given how important it is for … Read more
As part of its Democratic Head Campaign which is supported by thousands of Canadians, Democracy Watch criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) failure to send the shortlist of candidates for next Governor General to at least federal opposition party leaders or, even better, party leaders in all legislatures across Canada (given the GG appoints lieutenant … Read more
Democracy Watch’s application is being heard virtually in the Federal Court of Appeal challenging Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion’s ruling that let everyone off the hook, except Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), for pressuring former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) to stop the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. “The Ethics Commissioner’s ruling set … Read more
Democracy Watch called on Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) to work with all federal parties to stop gouging, racism in lending, and other abuses by Canada’s Big Six Banks.“The big banks can afford to do much more to help during this crisis, and must be required by law to disclose much more information about their … Read more
As part of its Democratic Head Campaign, Democracy Watch called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) to submit the shortlist of candidates for next governor general to at least opposition party leaders or, even better, party leaders in all legislatures across Canada , to ensure a fair choice for governor general. “Given how important it is for the … Read more
Democracy Watch joined 50 organizations in 19 countries in launching a new campaign call to stop fossil fuel financing by banks and other financial institutions. The campaign is calling on Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to work together with all parties and make three key … Read more
Democracy Watch announced that it will challenge Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion‘s ruling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) participation in the WE Charity grant approval process. “Dion has rolled over like a lapdog and again failed to enforce the federal government’s ethics law properly by letting Prime Minister Trudeau off even though he took part in the … Read more
