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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.
Table of Contents
for this page
or
Search
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-2011 (first published in 1979, and
updated regularly after each election and naming of a
new Cabinet (link takes you to version published May 27,
2011) 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
Governments Cabinet 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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