Democracy Watch released the letter it has sent to federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion calling on him to issue a ruling on Democracy Watch’s complaint filed in July 2019 requesting an investigation into whether Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen’s Privy Council Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) participated in the appointment process for judges in New Brunswick with financial and … Read more
Democracy Watch, along with the more than 97,000 people from across Canada who have joined its letter-writing campaign and/or signed its Change.org petition, called on Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) to work together with all federal parties in this minority government situation to make Canada’s big banks do more to help Canadians and … Read more
Democracy Watch released the letter it has sent calling on the RCMP and Crown prosecutors to issue a full, public explanation of the state of the investigation into the allegation that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), former Finance minister Bill Morneau, some members of their staff, and former Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick obstructed justice by … Read more
Democracy Watch called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) to democratize and Canadianize the choice of the next governor general. Like all the other Officers of Parliament, the governor general must be independent of the prime minister because they make many key decisions about the operations of Parliament and the government, and so the prime minister should not be … Read more
Democracy Watch disclosed the letter it has sent to Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.), Transport Canada Deputy Minister Michael Keenan, civil aviation heads Nicholas Robinson and David Turnbull, and MPs on the Transport Committee calling on them to disclose all communications with anyone who works with or represents Boeing concerning the Government of Canada’s consideration of whether to approve Boeing’s 737 Max-8 to fly again in … Read more
Democracy Watch announced that the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that DWatch can’t appeal the Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling in the Aga Khan case issued last April, and has ordered it to pay costs to the government. “In its shocking refusal to allow Democracy Watch’s appeal, the Supreme Court has joined the Federal Court of Appeal in striking … Read more
Democracy Watch announced that it has filed court cases challenging the federal Commissioner of Lobbying’s rulings on the complaint Democracy Watch filed in July 2017 about lobbyists Ben Bergen and Dana O’Born of the Council of Canadian Innovators. “The federal lobbying ethics code prohibits anyone from lobbying a Cabinet minister or their officials for four years after helping them get elected … Read more
Democracy Watch called Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) to work together with all federal parties to make Canada’s big banks do more to help Canadians and small businesses, and pay their fair share of taxes, now and after the coronavirus crisis. The call comes after five of Canada’s Big 6 Banks announced they had higher than … Read more
In response to the federal Liberal government’s recent announcement of the Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund for small businesses of $160 million over four years, Democracy Watch called on all federal parties to work together to enact key measures to stop Canada’s big banks from discriminating against any customer. “The Trudeau Liberal Black business funding program is much … Read more
On International Democracy Day 2020, Democracy Watch called on political parties across Canada to work together to make key changes to make Canada an actual, leading democracy, and to make provinces, territories and municipalities leading democratic jurisdictions. “No one in Canadian politics, law enforcement or big business is effectively required to be honest, ethical, open, representative … Read more
