Coffee Party aims to jolt politicians into accountability

Coffee Party aims to jolt politicians into accountability


By Ethan Baron, The Province February 6, 2011



While America is steeping in Tea Party madness, a Canadian organization is brewing up a steaming pot of democracy.

Democracy Watch has launched a caffeine-fuelled campaign to change the laws that allow politicians and corporations to act against the public interest.

The Coffee Party initiative encourages citizens to gather over coffee and write letters to politicians urging them to close legal loopholes that shield political officials and big business from accountability.

"If you want good democratic government and responsible corporations, you have to spend as much time writing to politicians as you do lining up to buy coffee, and making coffee and drinking coffee," says Duff Conacher, coordinator of Democracy Watch.

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