Democracy Watch released the submission it filed with the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security and the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs calling on all parties to work together to make key changes to close loopholes in Bill C-70, Countering Foreign Interference Act, so that all secret foreign interference and influence activities … Read more
Democracy Watch released the submission it filed on June 5 with the House of Commons Public Safety and National Security Committee calling on MPs from all parties to work together to make key changes to close loopholes in Bill C-70 so that secret foreign interference and influence activities will be prohibited and required to be disclosed, … Read more
Democracy Watch called on MPs on the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee to call Trudeau Cabinet ministers and officials to testify and be questioned on why the Cabinet is redacting about 3,000 documents and withholding an unknown number of other documents from the Hogue Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Canadian politics. “Canada’s spy … Read more
In her testimony at the House Ethics Committee on April 16, Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy Bélanger confirmed she let the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs violate the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct twice in the past year. “Sponsored travel worth thousands of dollars is, like political donations and loans worth thousands, a form of legalized bribery, and it should have been banned long ago,” said Duff … Read more
Democracy Watch is at the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) in Toronto, Ont., challenging the Federal Court ruling in January 2023 that the federal government’s too-political, unconstitutional system for appointing judges to the federal courts and all provincial superior courts and courts of appeal, and promoting judges within those courts, is constitutional. Ross & McBride LLP is representing Democracy … Read more
Democracy Watch released the submission it made on Feb. 8 to the Hogue Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Canadian politics requesting that the inquiry demand written, public answers from the Trudeau cabinet about why it is withholding some cabinet documents from the inquiry, and also withheld them from then-special rapporteur David Johnston, and to ensure the cabinet discloses … Read more
Democracy Watch is at the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa appealing the June 2023 Federal Court ruling that it was reasonable for federal Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy Bélanger to let lobbyists Ben Bergen and Dana O’Born of the Council of Canadian Innovators off the hook even though they lobbied Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia … Read more
Democracy Watch released the letter it has sent to Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy Bélanger requesting that she ensure an independent investigation and ruling on the activities of lobbyists registered under lobbying firm Forecheck Strategies, which has several interconnections with the lobbying firm of Jenni Byrne, who is one of the top advisors to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre … Read more
Democracy Watch released the list of 10 key witnesses and about 140 key questions to ask them that it has submitted to the Hogue Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Canadian politics. Democracy Watch is an intervener in the Inquiry. About half of the questions are for Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault, and Commissioner of Canada Elections Caroline J. Simard, both … Read more
Democracy Watch called on MPs on the House Ethics Committee to ask RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme and lead investigating officer Frédéric Pincince key questions during the Feb. 27th meeting of the committee about the RCMP’s investigation into the Trudeau Cabinet/SNC-Lavalin scandal. “The RCMP Commissioner and lead investigator must answer many key questions because the evidence that … Read more
