For the week of March 23, 2025:
Canada is on the cusp of a pivotal federal election. But voters will go to the polls with little information about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s leadership campaign donors and his potential conflicts of interest. The Liberal leader says he is following the rules and has shifted his assets into a blind trust.
Democracy Watch’s Duff Conacher
A top advocate for government integrity, transparency and accountability says that is not good enough.
This week’s guest is Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democracy Watch. He told host Bob Mackin on March 19 that Canadians have the right to know, now. But the system is riddled with secrecy, loopholes and lax enforcement. It allows politicians to profit from their decisions.
Plus Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines and the Virtual Nanaimo Bar.
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