2007 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 304 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.

Canada offers a good environment for media and civil society, as well as inclusive and well-regulated elections. However, significant gaps exist in Canada's governance performance, most notably in legislative and judicial accountability measures. For instance, assets worth less than 10,000 Canadian dollars (US$9,843) are not required to be disclosed by legislators, while asset disclosure forms of Senate members are kept confidential. Judicial accountability is even weaker than legislative accountability, in part because there are no rules in place governing gifts and hospitality offered to judges. Oversight could be improved: the Auditor General reports that some government programs are audited only every five years.