Democracy Watch says Trudeau’s Watchdog Appointments are a Charade

 DW calls for independent, merit-based appointment process. In a press release today Democracy Watch (DW) called on the Trudeau Cabinet to “stop its multi-year charade and establish an actually independent, merit-based appointment process for all the federal democratic good government watchdogs,” The independent and respected agency said the Trudeau Cabinet’s

Democracy Watch calls for Ottawa Police to investigate Trudeau and cabinet officials

 Democracy Watch says the RCMP lacks independence from cabinet and impartiality and competence to investigate obstruction of SNC-Lavalin prosecution.  Democracy Watch says that recently disclosed documents about RCMP Commissioner’s relationship with the PM and its investigation into Trudeau’s Aga Khan trip gift raise fundamental questions about the RCMP’s impartiality and competence

No regulations on big banking in the federal budget

 Introduced last week, the first federal budget in two years is a collection of grand gestures and big spending designed to handle the final waves and impending recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. But one element that will be vital to recovery on both a national and individual level—aid from big

Renewed call for telecommunications watchdog in wake of Rogers-Shaw deal

 The massive deal between communications giants Rogers and Shaw has thrown even more light on Canada’s cornered telecommunications market. High prices from lack of competition gouge customers nation-wide in their hunt for affordable television, phone, and internet service. According to Democracy Watch, simply making stronger rules won’t stop it. Instead,

Over 97,000 Canadians sign petition to fix big banking

 Canada’s largest six banks are some of the most profitable institutions in the world. Four of the six were included in Fortune’s Global 500 for 2020, with RBC at 15th, TD at 20th, Scotiabank at 32nd, and BMO at 50th. Of all the Canadian companies listed, all four banks are

Democracy Watch calls for update on SNC-Lavalin prosecution

 In February, 2019, the SNC-Lavalin scandal erupted and upended Canadian politics—for a moment. After a six-month-long investigation, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion concluded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alone had exerted undue pressure on Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to defer criminal prosecution of the construction company SNC-Lavalin. Though Dion’s report concluded that

The shameful behaviour of Canada’s greedy, gluttonous banks

 "The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure." - B.C. FORBES Canada’s banking sector is an oligopoly consisting of six large banks (‘The Big 6’) who control an overwhelming proportion of the banking business across the country. They gouged out record profits of more

Democracy Watch challenges Justin Trudeau’s biased, secretive appointment of new Lobbying Commissioner

 Photo credit: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada via pm.gc.ca (DC) Today, Democracy Watch is in Federal Court in Ottawa for the hearing of its case challenging the Trudeau Cabinet’s appointment in December 2017 of the new Lobbying Commissioner. Democracy Watch argues that the Cabinet was biased and in a conflict of

Democracy Watch Files Court Case Challenging Ethics Commissioner

 Third court case filed concerning Ethics Commissioner – already challenging her illegal ethics screens, and her illegal re-appointment by Trudeau Cabinet Will soon file fourth case challenging Ethics Commissioner’s failure to remove herself from ruling on complaints about Morneau – she is biased due to past advice to him, and

Liberals and NDP score an “E” as best grade on Ontario Good Government Report Card

 It might not come as a surprise that our political parties are failing a report card based on integrity and keeping promises. Recently, Democracy Watch, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, released its latest Report Card on Ontario Parties’ Democratic Good Government Platforms. The Liberal Party and the NDP scored the highest

Group Launches National Letter-writing Campaign to Push Political Parties to Change Bill C-23 to Make Federal Elections Fair

 Democracy Watch recently called on the federal Conservatives to make the so-called “Fair Elections Act” (Bill C-23) actually fair, and detailed the 10 really unfair measures in the much-delayed bill which was supposed to be introduced in Parliament in September 2012, and the 10 missing measures that must be added