The Board of Directors of Transparency International Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Trevor Loke as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective June 17, 2024.
CANADA EDGES UP IN LIST OF LEAST CORRUPT NATIONS – BUT STILL NOT BACK IN TOP TEN TIER
For Canadians there is good news and bad news in today’s release of Transparency International’s 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
The good news: Canada has moved up to 76 points and 12th place after scoring 74 points and ranking 14th last year.
The bad news: We have still not returned to the top ten least corrupt list that Canada consistently ranked in prior to 2019.
OTTAWA: Today, Bill C-42 successfully received Royal Assent, paving the way for Canada to have a publicly accessible registry that lists the ultimate beneficial owners of companies. Earlier last month, Senate members heard from the ‘End Snow-washing’ Coalition: Publish What You Pay Canada, Transparency International Canada, and Canadians For Tax Fairness who provided a strong endorsement for the legislation and urged members to ensure it gets through Canada’s Senate without delay. Yesterday, the bill successfully passed all stages of reading in Canada’s Parliament and today it received Royal Assent.
Transparency International Canada (TI Canada) continues to identify the inadequate level of enforcement for corruption offences as the greatest barrier to combatting corruption in Canada. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) signalled its agreement with this in its Phase IV report on Canada’s implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention, calling enforcement “exceedingly low”. Almost 25 years after the adoption of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), Canada’s criminal law prohibiting foreign bribery, charges have been laid in only nine cases – a paltry number especially considering the size and dominant industry sector of Canada’s economy.
When: 23 June 2015, starting at 17:00
Where: Dentons Canada LLP, 77 King Street West, Suite 4001 First Canadian Place, #3400, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, ON M5K 0A1
The Critical Role of Transparency in the Fight Against CorruptionFeaturing Claire Woodside & Pierre Gratton in conversation with Akaash MaharajDetails & Registration
Osgoode Hall Law SchoolToronto, ON 06-07 November 2014Registration (Osgoode Hall Website)
Vancouver, BC6 October 2014Corp. Kevin Duggan, Federal & Serious Organized Crime Unit, E Division, RCMP was the keynote speaker at the Offices of Goldcorp. Kevin had recently transferred to the Lower Mainland from Calgary, to establish a presence in BC for the RCMP unit that conducts investigations under the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. He spoke on the topic of “Foreign Bribery Investigations”.
Ottawa, ON - 17 July 2014A. J. Brown of Griffith University, Australia, an internationally regarded expert on national integrity systems and the management of public interest whistleblowing, shared his information and experience with the TI-Canada Ottawa Discussion Group. Dr. Brown is a member of the Board of Transparency International Australia and has played a leading role in a recent review of whistleblowing legislation across the G20 countries.View the presentation (PDF)
Montreal, QC - 17 juin 2014Transparency International Canada présente sa première activité publique à Montréal:Un après-midi de dialogue: transparence, reddition de comptes et intégritéHoraireFormulaire D'Inscription
The Fourth Annual Day of Dialogue: Spotlight on CorruptionThis year, Canadian and international anti-corruption experts will address:
Rapporteur ReportsJune 3, 201408:00 – 17:00Offices of Bennett Jones LLP #3400, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto
Calgary, Alberta - 22 April 2014Enhancing Revenue Transparency in the Oil & Gas SectorsThis event will be an opportunity to examine the background and details of the Canadian government’s commitment to develop payment reporting standards. Speakers will also bring an international perspective to the discussion, providing an overview and assessment of emerging revenue transparency standards worldwide.April 22, 201415:00 - 18:00Offices of Deloitte, Suite 700 850-2nd Street SW, Calgary
