Canadian Government and Government Information and Accountability
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 for holding governments accountable.
General Government Contact Information
Finding Laws, Bills, Budgets and Policies
Courts, Tribunals and Commissions
Democratic Reform, Government Accountability Issues
Generally
Canadian Government Websites Offering Opportunities
for Public Participation
Canadian Election Laws and Election System Reform
Donations to Political Parties, Candidates (Both Nomination
Race and Election Candidates), Riding Associations and Party Leadership
Candidates
Ethics Rules and Enforcement Systems
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Office
of the Federal Ethics Commissioner oversees the following ethics rules
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)):
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Federal
Ethics Code for Cabinet Ministers, Ministerial Staff and Cabinet Appointees
(Please note that this Code came into effect on October 5, 2004, and is
the new version of the Prime Minister's Code -- 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 2004 to December 12, 2003 at: June
2004-December 2003 Federal Ethics Code for Cabinet Minister, Ministerial
Staff and Cabinet Appointees)
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Recusal
Process for Prime Minister Paul Martin (the process for the Prime Minister
to remove himself from discussions and votes on specific issues, effective
December 12, 2003) and Ethics
Counsellor's July 2003 Letter to Paul Martin re: Conflict of Interest
(Please note: the Ethics Counsellor's July letter to Martin was, in effect,
illegal as Martin was not in Cabinet at the time and the Ethics Counsellor
has no jurisdiction over, nor responsibility for, the ethics of federal
politicians who are not in Cabinet)
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Supplementary
Ethics Rules for Minister's Dealings with Quasi-Judicial Tribunals
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Supplementary
Ethics Rules for Minister's Personal Political Activities (Please note
that these rules were issued by the Prime Minister on June 11, 2002)
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Supplementary
Ethics Rules for Minister's Dealings with Crown Corporations (Please
note that these rules were issued by the Prime Minister on June 11, 2002)
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Federal
Public Registry (Searchable database of property and investments owned
by public officials (non-public servants) covered by federal ethics rules)
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Conflict
of Interest Code for Senators (covers members of the Senate of Canada,
and the Code came into force in June 2005)
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Federal
Guide for Cabinet Ministers for Governing Responsibly (overseen by
the Privy Council Office)
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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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Federal
Treasury Board Guidelines for Crown Corporation Appointments (in force
as of March 15, 2004)
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Public Service Integrity
Officer oversees whistleblower complaints about wrongdoing by federal
public servants, including violations of the following ethics rules for
public servants (but lacks independence and powers to penalize wrongdoers,
and powers to order a clean-up of wrongdoing):
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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 Rules (Please note that rules do not cover public
servants, who are covered by a separate set of rules in each province and
territory)
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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
Lobbyists
For more information, go to Democracy Watch's Government
Ethics Campaign webpage
Access to Information
Government Spending
Federal Political Parties
Bloc Québécois
Conservative Party of Canada
Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
New Democratic Party of Canada
Other Information Sites for Canadian Governments and Politics
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