TI Canada is happy to announce Susan Côté-Freeman as the new Chair and President of Transparency International Canada.Susan is an experienced anti-corruption professional whose career with the international Secretariat of Transparency International spanned almost two decades.
Canada Moves the Ball Forward in Combating Shell Company Abuse
TI Canada Canadian Integrity Award
Inaugural TI Canada Canadian Integrity Award
Billions in Unknown Funds Flow Through Toronto Real Estate, Shows New TI Canada’s Report
In Canada, individuals can own a property and hide this fact from law enforcement, tax authorities, and private sector entities with anti-money laundering (AML) obligations. Canada’s property registers allow beneficial owners to use companies, trusts, or nominees to hold title to property and remain anonymous, which facilitates money laundering in the real estate sector, or as it has come to be known in Canada, ‘snow-washing’.
TI Canada and Canadians For Tax Fairness Submit Suggestions for the Real Estate Sector to the B.C.’s Expert Panel on Money Laundering
In light of British Columbia’s vulnerability to criminal financial activities in the real estate sector, Transparency International Canada and Canadians For Tax Fairness (C4TF) shared with the B.C government comments on current anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing (AML/ATF) efforts and suggestions on how to improve them.
Le Canada chute d’un rang sur l’indice de perception de la corruption… et nous avons besoin d’actions, et moins d’indifférence, pour empêcher que la chute continue.
Canada slips 1 spot on the Corruption Perception Index and we need action, not apathy, to prevent further slides
TI Canada Applauds Quebec Justice System in MUHC Bribery Sentencing
Corruption: The Western Canadian Perspective
For the first time, Transparency International Canada releases a report on domestic corruption perceptions
Every three years, Transparency International publishes the renowned Global Corruption Barometer. Now, TI Canada has produced a domestic study focusing exclusively on Western Canada. The Western Canada Corruption Barometer comprises two reports: one looking at the public’s perceptions and experiences with corruption, and another focusing on the extractive sector industry.
TI Canada Joins Letter to Minister Morneau Seeking a Publicly Accessible Beneficial Ownership Meeting During Finance Ministers Meeting
Transparency International Canada’s Chair and President, and its Executive Director join 42 other signatories in an open letter to Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau encouraging the federal government to advocate for a publicly accessible pan-Canadian company registry of beneficial owners in upcoming conversations with provinces and territories, and to outline a consultation timetable to explore all registry options (including a publicly accessible registry) in Budget 2019.
Federal Finance Committee recommends strong measures to tackle money laundering, yet stops short from emerging international trends
Toronto, November 14th 2018 —Canadians for Tax Fairness, Publish What You Pay Canada, and Transparency International Canada, welcome the House of Commons Finance Committee’s report and recommendations of its recent review of Canada’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA).
TI Canada supports beneficial ownership transparency of corporations and trusts – Radio Canada investigative report “Enquête”
Toronto, ON (November 2, 2018) – On Thursday, November 1st, 2018, Radio-Canada aired on its investigative program “Enquête” a report on how superficial the security checks have been on owners of companies that produce and distribute cannabis.
Transparency International Canada and Canadians for Tax Fairness Respond to British Columbia Consultation on Proposed Land Owner Transparency
Transparency International Canada and Canadians for Tax Fairness have made a joint submission in response the Government of British Columbia’s open call for consultations on a proposed Land Owner Transparency Act.
Canada Falls Further Behind on Fighting Foreign Bribery
Canada has fallen from ‘Moderate’ to ‘Limited’ enforcement of the Corruption of Foreign and Public Officials Act, placing it at the back of the pack of OECD countries on foreign bribery enforcement as highlighted in a new Transparency International’s Exporting Corruption Report 2018: Assessing Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (linked here).