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Links to Canadian Government and Other
Government Information and Accountability Sites on the Internet
The links listed below start with official general
information websites about Canadian governments and laws, then websites
related to specific government accountability issues, and
finally other websites helpful for tracking what is happening
in Canadian politics and for holding governments accountable.
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the Democracy Watch website
General Canadian Government Websites
Finding Canadian
Constitution, Laws, Bills, Budgets and Policies
Canadian Police
and Prosecutors
- Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (commonly known as the RCMP, the federal police
force that also serves as the provincial and territorial police force
in several provinces and territories)
- Public
Prosecution Service of Canada (a federal government department
created
in December 2006 to increase the independence of federal prosecutors,
especially in cases of government fraud or other criminal behaviour)
Canadian
Courts, Tribunals and Commissions and Rulings
Laws from Countries
Around the World
Canadian
Governments'
General
Democratic
Reform,
Government
Accountability
Websites
Canadian
Government Websites Offering Opportunities for Public
Participation
Canadian Election Laws
and Election System Reform
Donations to
Canadian and U.S. Political Parties, Candidates (Both Nomination Race
and Election Candidates), Riding Associations and Party Leadership
Candidates
For more information, go to Democracy
Watch's Money in Politics Campaign
webpage or Search the Democracy
Watch website
Government Ethics Rules and
Enforcement Systems
in Canada, the U.S. and Internationally
- Office of the Federal
Canadian Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner oversees
and enforces the following ethics rules and registeries for Cabinet
Ministers, staff of Cabinet ministers and Cabinet appointees:
- Conflict
of
Interest
Act (As of July 9, 2007, this Act
replaced (and weakened because it deletes the rules requiring honesty,
and the avoidance of apparent and potential conflicts of interest) the
February 6, 2006 version of the Conflict of Interest and
Post-Employment Code
for Public Office Holders)
- Guideline
on Gifts (including Invitations, Fundraisers and Business Lunches)
(click on link to Guideline
(PDF format) on page this link takes you to)
- Federal
Public
Registry
for
Public
Office
Holders (Searchable on-line
database of financial statements detailing some of the property and
investments owned by the Prime
Minister,
Cabinet ministers, some of their staff, and some government officials
(non-public
servants appointed by Cabinet) who are covered by the Conflict of
Interest Act)
- Accountable
Government:
A
Guide
for
Ministers
and
Ministers
of
State-2008
(first published in 1979, and updated regularly (link takes you to
version published October 30, 2008) and applies to Cabinet ministers
and junior Cabinet ministers (known as Ministers of State) --
supposedly enforced by the Prime Minister of Canada but no enforcement
actions have ever been taken by any Prime Minister)
- Federal
Treasury
Board
Guidelines
for
Ministers'
Offices
(supposedly enforced by the
Treasury Board Secretariat, the federal government department that
oversees spending within departments and other government institutions,
but no enforcement actions have ever been taken by the Treasury Board)
- The Office of the
Federal
Canadian Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner also oversees
and enforces the following ethics rules and registeries for members of
the federal House of Commons (known as MPs):
- Office
of the Canadian Senate Ethics Officer who oversees the following
ethics rules and registries for members of the Senate of Canada (but
cannot enforce the rules without the approval of a committee of
Senators):
- Federal
Treasury Board Guidelines for Canadian Crown Corporation Appointments
(in
force as of March 15, 2004)
- Public Sector
Integrity Commissioner oversees whistleblower complaints about
wrongdoing by
federal government employees (known as public servants), under the Public Servants
Disclosure Protection Act including violations of laws,
regulations, codes, policies, guidelines and the following ethics rules
for public servants (Disclosure
of
wrongdoing
database):
- Canadian
federal
Lobbyists' Code of Conduct (see especially November
2009
Guideline on Rule
8 in the Code)
- Ethics
Rules
for
Federal
Judges
- Rules
for
Federal
Administrative
Tribunals
- Provincial
and Territorial Ethics Commissioners for Politicians
- Canadian
Provincial
and Territorial Ethics Laws for Politicians (NOTE: rules
do not cover
government
appointees or employees (known as public servants), who are covered by
a separate set
of
rules in each province and territory (although the Ontario Commissioner
does handle public servant whistleblower complaints))
- Province of
Ontario's Conflict of Interest Commissioner for government
appointees and employees
- General
Government Ethics Links Page developed by University of British
Columbia
- DemocracyLawBlog.ca (blog
that
tracks legal developments in democratic reform laws in Canada and
in a couple of other countries)
- Council on Governmental
Ethics Laws (U.S. organization that tracks developments in
government
ethics, money in politics and lobbying laws across North America)
- United
Nations
Convention
Against
Corruption (signed December 2003, in
force as of December 2005)
- Global
Integrity (non-governmental organization that, through an
international research effort involving local organizations,
individuals and journalists, rates countries good governance and
anti-corruption systems and democratic processes)
- EthicsWorld.org
(a site that has many key links to government and business ethics news
and watchdog organizations around the world)
- The
Vatican's
Policy
Statement
"The
Fight
Against
Corruption" (this
September 2006 statement calls on Roman Catholic dioceses world-wide
to work for legal and societal changes to end corruption)
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Government Ethics Campaign
webpage or Search Democracy
Watch's website
Canadian
Government
Whistleblower
Protection
Laws
and
Enforcement
Systems
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Government Ethics Campaign
webpage or Search Democracy
Watch's website
Canadian Federal Government
Appointments
Canadian and U.S. Lobbying Laws and
Lobbying Disclosure Registeries
- Office
of
the
Canadian
federal
Commissioner
of
Lobbying
- Canadian provincial lobbyist registries:
- City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- DemocracyLawBlog.ca (blog
that
tracks legal developments in democratic reform laws in Canada and
in a couple of other countries)
- Council on Governmental
Ethics Laws (U.S. organization that tracks developments in
government
ethics, money in politics and lobbying laws across North America)
- Global
Integrity (non-governmental organization that, through an
international research effort involving local organizations,
individuals and journalists, rates countries good governance and
anti-corruption systems and democratic processes)
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Government Ethics Campaign
webpage or Search Democracy
Watch's website
Canadian
Government
Access
to
Information
Websites
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Open Government Campaign webpage
or Search Democracy Watch's website
Canadian Federal
Government Spending Websites
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Voter Rights Campaign webpage
or Search Democracy Watch's website
Canadian Federal Political
Parties
Federal
Political
Parties (Link to Elections Canada official webpage
listing all federal political parties)
Bloc
Québécois
Conservative Party
of Canada
Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
New Democratic
Party of Canada
Other General Information
Sites for Canadian Governments and Politics
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