Duff Conacher

Husband and Dad. Co-founder of @DemocracyWatchr & @DemocracyEdCan & @VotePartyCan. PhD (Law). Vanier Canada Scholar. Best-selling author. Songwriter.

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Toronto FIFA World Cup scandal smells. Disclosure needed of: who decided to do this; who decided who could buy the tickets; who decided the price; list of purchasers, and; are any fundraisers, campaigners or donors for councillors, or lobbyists, or councillors or their relatives.

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Liberals vote against opposition party proposed changes to strengthen Bill C-25 to help stop secret, undemocratic foreign interference & unethical influence in Canada’s elections & policy-making processes. Other changes needed to stop disinformation & misinformation 1/2

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Doug Ford’s Bill 9 is weak, ineffective and does nothing to remove the multiple conflicts of interest in Ontario’s municipal councillor & municipal government ethics enforcement system. Details at: https://t.co/9za4S9ehjT

[hockey100yearsago @hockey100ya]

100 years ago OTD. In 1926, Lionel Conacher might have been the only human on the face of the earth who could make his living as a professional athlete 12 months of the year.

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Lionel Conacher was one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history.
Two Stanley Cups, a Grey Cup, he is in four different Hall of Fames including the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Plus he served in the Ontario Legislature and in Parliament.

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Many changes needed to election Bill C-25 to stop secret foreign interference, disinformation and undemocratic, unethical influence. DWatch testifying before House Committee today at 12 noon ET. Details at: https://t.co/Bco0UX8LcP #cdnpoli

[Vintage Hockey Showcase @hockey_vintage]

Happy birthday to the late HHOFer Lionel "The Big Train" Conacher who was born ON THIS DAY in hockey history (May 24, 1900):

2-time Stanley Cup Champion
3-time NHL Allstar
Canada's Greatest Male Athlete of the Half-Century (1950)

#VintageHockey #NHL

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Federal Commissioner of Lobbying has, in secret rulings, let off 895 lobbyists who have violated the lobbying law & lobbyist code of conduct. Key changes needed to close huge loopholes in the law & code & to require effective, transparent enforcement & mandatory penalties.

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

The @rcmpgrcpolice must be joking with this post. It is one of the most excessively secretive federal government institutions, and regularly covers up wrongdoing. For example, see details re: lobbyist violations it is covering up at: https://t.co/ieW2cUCpTv

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

As DWatch Co-founder Duff Conacher wrote in 1991 article “Power to the People: Initiative, Referendum & Recall & the Possibility of Popular Sovereignty in Canada”, court approval of constitutionality of referendum ? like Alberta separation ? should be required before it proceeds.

[Adam Huras @adamhuras]

NEW from me...
Lobbyist changes still leave ‘some of the biggest loopholes’: watchdog

‘It's like boasting that you are just as rotten as all the other rotten apples’: Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher

https://t.co/by7Yuq1kA3

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

DWatch says in article Liberal govt’s bill doesn’t close “huge loopholes that allow for secret lobbying if the lobbyist is not paid, if a politician or government official invites the lobbyist to lobby them, if the lobbying is about the enforcement of a law” etc. #nbpoli

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Allegations re: this Ontario Liberal nomination contest in Scarborough Southwest riding situation raise serious ?s (see thread) & are latest example of why election agencies should run nomination & party leadership contests. Call for that & key democratic election changes at: 1/3

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Please retweet — Come hear DWatch Co-founder Duff Conacher in Ottawa next Wed. May 20 speaking on democratic reform prospects in Canada, which are key to winning all progressive reforms. Details at: https://t.co/wfiY7ML5eK #ottpoli

[hockey100yearsago @hockey100ya]

17 year-old Charlie Conacher was a star on the diamond as well as the rink

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

More excessive secrecy from PC Party Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Support the court case challenging Ford’s changes to the FOI law that cover-his cellphone records and other key Cabinet minister records like the gravy plane sale receipts at: https://t.co/TJKMZNkCdv

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

Former PM Justin Trudeau’s Senate appointment process was as partisan as ever. Will Prime Minister Mark Carney make the process actually independent or return to the patronage cronyism of the past? Best option is to shut down the Senate. Details at: https://t.co/7Fhz5yYu1A

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

More excessive secrecy from PC Party Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Support the court case challenging Ford’s changes to the FOI law that cover-his cellphone records and other key Cabinet minister records like the gravy plane sale receipts at: https://t.co/TJKMZNkCdv

[Democracy Watch @DemocracyWatchr]

The Governor General is a key guardian of democracy & Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney should not have handpicked the new GG through a secretive, partisan process. The process should have long ago been democratized & Canadianized. Details at: https://t.co/TcwcpVFVqG #cdnpoli