democracy watch
Closed government
Less than a week after Tony Clement announces the Harper government’s open government action plan, Tom Spears explains precisely how far the government has to go.
Open to question
David Eaves reviews the government’s open data plans.
‘The most democratic part of the federal political finance system’
With the end of the per-vote subsidy now in plain sight—hailed via a raving action alert—Duff Conacher mounts another defence of the measure in a note to reporters.
Bruce Carson and the loophole
The Prime Minister’s former advisor apparently figured he was within the law.
In-and-Out is in, unless it’s out
Deep in the comment thread here, Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch offers the following reading.
Ottawa’s power brokers take a hit
New rules target partisan lobbyists’ ‘improper influence’
Information overlord
A new commissioner takes aim at Ottawa’s secretive ministries
UPDATED – Let’s call the whole thing off – Not liveblogging Democracy Watch before the Federal Court …
… but hope springs eternal, right? And if they forcibly de-berry me, I’ll report back as soon as I’m out of the courtroom.
Hey, remember that election we thought we were about to have? Funny story …
Okay, Democracy Watch: ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for tardiness after waiting more than three weeks into the campaign before actually filing an application for an expedited hearing on that whole fixed-election-date-law-violating thing: