{"id":1658,"date":"2015-08-07T12:52:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T19:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2015-09-15T13:20:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T20:20:52","slug":"canadian-elections-more-accountability-ethics-and-transparency-from-all-political-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/canadian-elections-more-accountability-ethics-and-transparency-from-all-political-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Elections, more accountability, ethics and transparency from all political parties,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1659 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/democracy.jpg\" alt=\"democracy\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\" \/>Duff Conacher, LL.B., is an internationally recognized leader in the area of democratic reform and government accountability. He is a former Ralph Nader&#8217;s Raider and he has worked as a researcher, community organizer and educator, legal intern and consultant. A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, he has a long-standing interest in democratic process and corporate responsibility issues. He was the main Founder of Democracy Watch, was Coordinator from 1993 to June 2011, and is still a Board member of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>As Coordinator of Democracy Watch, he led the organization to win more changes to laws, regulations and government policies than any other citizen advocacy group in Canada (as of June 2011, more than 110 changes strengthening government accountability and corporate responsibility measures in 16 key Canadian federal laws, 6 key federal policies, and 7 provincial laws).<\/p>\n<p>He speaks about the current Canadian election, how we need to demand more accountability, ethics and transparency from all political parties, he touches on voting reform and the need to increase voter turnout.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/latinwaves\" target=\"_blank\">Become a Member<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/latinwaves\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3418\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1658-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_Aug_2015.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_Aug_2015.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_Aug_2015.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_Aug_2015.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LatinWaves_Aug_2015.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('1658-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_1658-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_1658-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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