Canada
OECD member since 1960
This set of indicators covers regulations and practice related to conflict-of-interest management, lobbying, political finance and transparency of public information. Data is currently available for 2022 and 2023 for OECD members and 2024 for non-OECD members.
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List of indicators for Accountability of Public Policy Making
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Top performing and underperforming criteria in Canada
This table shows the criteria within this dataset where the selected country performs the most above and below average. OECD countries are compared to the OECD average and partner countries are compared to the partner country average. Only criteria fulfilled by less than 40% of countries are shown as leading, and only criteria fulfilled by more than 40% of countries are shown as lagging.
Primary legislation specifies that Government data are “open by default” (except for specific cases defined in the regulatory framework). | 58% of OECD countries fulfill | 34% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
Any member of the highest bodies of the judiciary must submit an interest declaration, as a minimum upon entry and any renewal or change in public office. | 55% of OECD countries fulfill | 66% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
Regulations ban anonymous donations, and all contributions made to political parties and/or candidates must be registered and reported. | 53% of OECD countries fulfill | 59% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
A register of beneficial ownership of corporate entities is operational and accessible to the public. | 16% of OECD countries fulfill | 19% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading | |
The lobbying register allows to sort information collected at the minimum by lobbyist’s name, company or organisation, domain of intervention, and piece of legislation or regulation targeted. | 26% of OECD countries fulfill | 3% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading | |
Aggregated data on lobbying on public decision making including at minimum data on the identity and field of action of interest representatives met by members of Government and members of Parliament. | 26% of OECD countries fulfill | 0% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading |
All agendas of formal government sessions have been made publicly available online prior to the session within the latest full calendar year. | 34% of OECD countries fulfill | 25% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
Records of all decisions agreed upon at the government sessions (minutes) are kept. | 74% of OECD countries fulfill | 50% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
Ministers’ agendas are made publicly available online, on their respective ministry website or aggregated on one government website, and specify who was met by the minister, in which capacity, and the topic that was discussed during the meeting. | 24% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill |