Corruption & Misconduct

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EPIC: The Oil Industry Comes to Call

EPIC: The Oil Industry Comes to Call

From: Oi's Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft describes the commercial crimes unit of the RCMP’s 2011 investigation into Bruce Carson’s lobbying activities which exposed the strategies … 12 $1.20 Add
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Escaping the Consulting Trap
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Escaping the Consulting Trap

From: The Consulting Trap

In Chapter Six, the authors explain how to escape the consulting trap, and provide insight into potential solutions to the problem. This chapter ends with suggested next steps in pushing back … ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Ethics Commissions

Ethics Commissions

From: Honest Politics Now

Describes Canadian experiments in the enforcement of political ethics through conflict of interest and ethics commissioners in the provinces and territories, and at the federal level ; 36 $3.60 Add
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Finland: Lobbyists Out of the Shadows — Automatic Public Access to Registries, Keeping an eye on the murky world of lobbying with open data, digital registries, and default disclosure
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Finland: Lobbyists Out of the Shadows — Automatic Public Access to Registries, Keeping an eye on the murky world of lobbying with open data, digital registries, and default disclosure

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone traces Finland’s 2019 lobbying scandal into the 2023 Transparency Register, then contrasts that open-data achievement with Canada’s narrow, poorly enforced … 22 $2.20 Add
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Further Reading and Endnotes
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Further Reading and Endnotes

From: Has Populism Won?

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Has Populism Won?
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Has Populism Won?

The War on Liberal Democracy

In the shadow of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, two experts show us how and why global populism has taken root and what it will take to turn the tide From Trumpian America to Putin’s … ; 256 View
Honest Politics Now

Honest Politics Now

What ethical conduct means in Canadian Public Life

Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. This is the definitive up to date book … 392 View
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Industry Captures the Oil Sands

Industry Captures the Oil Sands

From: Oi's Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the Oil Industry’s capture of the oil sands in Alberta as a way to boost the economic interests of the province. 15 $1.50 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

A Warning

From: Has Populism Won?

The authors introduce the current context of populism and how the book will discuss authoritarian populism and it’s threat to liberal democracy. ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: We Have Received a Complaint

In this chapter, Malone traces the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal from December 2020 through its political aftermath in 2023. 16 $1.60 Add
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Introduction: Taking stock of the decline of transparency and accountability governance in Canada by looking beyond the United States and examining our
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Introduction: Taking stock of the decline of transparency and accountability governance in Canada by looking beyond the United States and examining our

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone examines the steady decline of transparency and accountability in Canadian governance, tracing how the country has slipped on major international indices since the 1990s. 15 $1.50 Add
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Libyan tragedy, Canadian guilt
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Libyan tragedy, Canadian guilt

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter argues that NATO’s 2011 war on Libya turned a relatively stable, egalitarian state into a deeply fragmented and impoverished country, while Canadian corporations like … 12 $1.20 Add
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Looking for friends
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Looking for friends

From: Inside SNC-Lavalin

In this chapter, Stevenson traces SNC-Lavalin’s response to corruption charges filed in 2015, following Larry Thomson’s appointment as chairman and the CEO transition from Bob Card to … 10 $1.00 Add
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Lynn McDonald (1940 - )

Lynn McDonald (1940 – )

From: Working for the Common Good

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Margaret Mitchellm (1925 -)

Margaret Mitchellm (1925 -)

From: Working for the Common Good

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Money in Politics

Money in Politics

The Ethics of Election Finance Regulation and Expense Claims Oversight

From: Honest Politics Now

Examines attempts by federal and provincial governments, dating from the 1970s, to constrain undue influence by both publicizing and placing limits on campaign contributions and fundraisers. … ; ; 28 $2.80 Add