In a new report, “Screening for Risk in Licensing, Permitting, and Procurement,” we examined Licensing, Permitting, and Procurement requirements across multiple jurisdictions in Canada. When we looked at over 100+ provincial and territorial RFPs, we found that just 59% required the full names of beneficial owners, and only 0.8% required partial birth dates!

Nominations are open for the 2024 Canadian Integrity Award, recognizing individuals or organizations making outstanding contributions to transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption in Canada.

Canada ranks 14th in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index. TI Canada urges reforms on ownership transparency, whistleblower protection, and enforcement to rebuild trust.

Bill C-42 receives Royal Assent, establishing Canada’s public registry of beneficial owners—a major victory for transparency championed by the End Snow-washing Coalition.

Enforcement of foreign bribery laws in Canada remains weak. TI Canada and the OECD highlight low prosecution rates under the CFPOA, urging stronger accountability.

OTTAWA: Yesterday, Canada’s Standing Senate committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy (BANC) heard from the ‘End Snow-washing’ Coalition: Publish What You Pay Canada, Transparency International Canada, and Canadians For Tax Fairness. The Coalition provided strong support of long-awaited legislation (Bill C-42) for a corporate beneficial ownership, which the Senate is studying. Should this bill pass, it will be a massive blow against money laundering, corruption, tax evasion, and terrorist financing. 

TI Canada, together with our End Snow Washing Coalition partners Publish What You Pay Canada and Canadians for Tax Fairness, have together provided a submission to the Department of Finance in response to their Consultation on Strengthening Canada's Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime. 

At the 2022 Toronto Day of Dialogue on November 17, TI Canada recognized Mr. David Hutton for the 2nd Canadian Integrity Award. Mr. Hutton is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University.

TI Canada also recognized as an honourable mention, the Radio-Canada investigative journalist program Enquête. Representing Enquête at the Day of Dialogue were managing editor, Luc Tremblay and host, Marie-Maude Denis.

Selon le dernier rapport de Transparency International, le Canada n'applique que de manière limitée la Loi sur la corruption d'agents publics étrangers (LCAPE).

Canada is known as an easy place to launder dirty money, or ‘snow-wash’. It’s not just the experts who know this though. International corporate service providers actively promote incorporating companies in Canada to clients who wish to take advantage of lax secrecy laws and low financial crime enforcement.