A secret police informant claims former Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay knew about a corrupt system at city hall in which construction companies allegedly gave a 10-per-cent cut from their rigged municipal contracts in equal portions to the Mafia and to Tremblay's now-defunct Union Montreal party, states a newly released section of an affidavit filed in court by Sûreté du Québec investigators.Read More (external)
Transparency International Canada
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”.
Whistleblowing: Creating Legislation that Works
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)
Transparency International Canada
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
Transparency International Canada Inc. presents the Afternoon of Dialogue: Transparency, Accountability and Integrity AgendaRegistration Form
TI-Canada launches Third Edition of Anti-Corruption Compliance Checklist,TI Recommendations to the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group...
The TI-Canada Anti-Corruption Compliance Checklist Third Edition (ACC) is now available at the following link: click here. The risk management tools, which make up the ACC, are relevant to corporations of any size, are available at no cost and are flexible to be tailored for business purposes.
Day of Dialogue: Spotlight on Corruption
The Fourth Annual Day of Dialogue: Spotlight on CorruptionThis year, Canadian and international anti-corruption experts will address:
- Resource Revenue Transparency
- Corruption in the Engineering and Construction Industry
- Whistleblowers
- Enhanced Corporate Transparency: Tackling Money Laundering and Illicit Financial Flows
Rapporteur ReportsJune 3, 201408:00 – 17:00Offices of Bennett Jones LLP #3400, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto
Engineers Without Borders Canada, Publish What You Pay Canada, The Revenue Watch Institute, & Transparency International Canada
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
Three new books from within the Transparency International community
Dear TI-Canada Colleagues:
Recently, three books have been written by individuals in the Transparency International community: Laurence Cockcroft: Global Corruption: Money, Power, and Ethics in the Modern World. Global Corruption represents the author's accumulated experience working extensively in the developing world, co-founding TI and developing strategies to combat governmental and corporate indifference to corruption issues in both the developed world and developing world.