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Links to Canadian Government and Government
Information
Sites on the Internet
The links listed below begin with official general information
websites about governments, political parties and laws, to websites related
to specific government issues, to other websites helpful for tracking what
is happening in Canadian politics and politics in other countries
Table of Contents
for this page
General Government of Canada Websites
Finding Laws, Bills Budgets
and Policies
Canadian Police and Prosecutors
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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
Laws from Countries Around
the World
Canadian
Government's 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
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Donors
to Federal Political Parties, Nomination Race and Election Candidates,
Riding Associations, and Party Leadership Candidates (1997 on (but
only 2005 on for party leadership candidates): on Elections Canada website)
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Donors
to Ontario Political Parties, Candidates and Leadership Candidates
(lists from1995 on at the Elections Ontario website)
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Elections
Canada's Summary of Canadian Federal, Provincial and Territorial Election
Laws (as of December 2003 -- Please note that laws in some jurisdictions
may have changed since December 2003)
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Donations
to Federal Liberal Party Leadership Candidates (on this page, click
on links under heading "Candidates Disclosures" to see donations disclosed
by some of the Liberal Cabinet ministers that campaigned in 2002-2003 for
leadership of the federal Liberal Party)
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Donations to U.S. Political Parties
and Candidates (link is to OpenSecrets.org website)
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Council on Governmental Ethics Laws
(U.S. organization that tracks developments in government ethics, money
in politics and lobbying laws across North America)
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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)
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Money
in Politics Campaign webpage
(Democracy Watch is a partner organization of the Democracy Education Network)
Ethics Rules and Enforcement Systems in Canada, the
U.S. and Internationally
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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 (as well as the Conflict
of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons (MPs) -- See
for more information in Annual
Reports):
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Conflict
of Interest Act (NOTE: As of July 9, 2007, this Act replaces
(and weakens 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
(Please note that this Code was issued by Prime Minister
Stephen Harper and applies to federal Cabinet ministers (including Ministers
of State and Parliamentary Secretaries), most full-time ministerial staff,
and many Cabinet appointees -- you can see the former Prime Minister's
Code
in force from October 5, 2004 to February 5, 2006 at: October
2004-February 6, 2006 Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code
for Public Office Holders and you can see the Code in force from
December 12, 2003 to October 4, 2004 at: December
2003-October 2004 Federal Ethics Code for Cabinet Ministers, Ministerial
Staff and Cabinet Appointees and you can see the Code in force
from June 1994 to December 12, 2003 at: June
1994-December 2003 Federal Ethics Code for Cabinet Minister, Ministerial
Staff and Cabinet Appointees)
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Accountable
Government: A Guide for Ministers and Secretaries of State-2007
(published March 1, 2007 - HTML format) -- Guide
in PDF format
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Federal
Public Registry for Public Office Holders (Searchable on-line database
of property and investments owned by public officials (non-public servants
appointed by Cabinet) who are covered by federal ethics rules)
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Federal
Public Registry for MPs (Information page about the public registry
for MPs, which is not available on-line)
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Annual Report on MPs Sponsored Travel -- Fiscal Year 2004-2005,
2005-2006,
2006-2007
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Federal
Treasury Board Guidelines for Ministers' Offices (overseen by the Treasury
Board Secretariat, the federal government department that oversees spending
within departments and other government institutions)
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Conflict
of Interest Code for Members of the Canadian House of Commons (MPs)
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Office of the Canadian
Senate Ethics Officer
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Federal
Treasury Board Guidelines for Canadian Crown Corporation Appointments
(in force as of March 15, 2004)
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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:
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Ethics
Rules for Federal Judges
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Rules
for Federal Administrative Tribunals
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Provincial and Territorial
Ethics Commissioners
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Other
sites containing ethics rules enforcement documents (including rulings
in specific cases) in Canada and elsewhere
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General
Government Ethics Links Page developed by University of British Columbia
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Council on Governmental Ethics Laws
(U.S. organization that tracks developments in government ethics, money
in politics and lobbying laws across North America)
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United Nations
Convention Against Corruption (signed December 2003, in force as of
December 2005)
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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)
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EthicsWorld.com (a site that has
many key links to government and business ethics news and watchdog organizations
around the world)
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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
(Democracy Watch is a partner organization of the Democracy Education Network)
Canadian Federal Government Appointments
Canadian and U.S. Lobbying Laws and Lobbying Disclosure
Registeries
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Office
of the federal Canadian Registrar of Lobbyists (the "homepage" of the
federal Registrar of Lobbyists (who is not independent as he is under the
control of the federal Treasury Board Minister (who is a politician)) and
links to all parts of the registration system)
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Canadian provincial lobbyist registries:
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Council on Governmental Ethics Laws
(U.S. organization that tracks developments in government ethics, money
in politics and lobbying laws across North America)
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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)
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Government
Ethics Campaign webpage
(Democracy Watch is a partner organization of the Democracy Education Network)
Canadian Government
Access to Information Websites
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Open
Government Campaign webpage
(Democracy Watch is a partner organization of the
Democracy Education Network)
Canadian Federal Government
Spending Websites
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Voter
Rights Campaign webpage
(Democracy Watch is a partner organization of
the Democracy Education Network)
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
Page last updated April 1, 2008
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