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1 results foundAuthor: Skinnider, Eileen Title: Corruption in Canada: Reviewing Practices from Abroad to Improve Our Response Summary: The impact of corruption and the associated costs to society are better understood today than even two decades ago. It’s been said that we are now in a “new world of international anti-corruption standards and enforcement”. The last twenty years have seen a fundamental shift in attitudes about corruption. This is reflected in the increased efforts at the international and national levels to reduce and fight corruption. Some countries have introduced broad jurisdictional reach in their criminalization of transnational official bribery and others have expanded and updated their domestic bribery laws, pursuant to treaties or simply due to an enhanced focus on combating corruption. Canada, like many other States, is confronted with the challenge of determining how best to respond and effectively combat corruption. The perception of Canada as an honest corrupt-free society is slipping, somewhat. It is telling that Canada’s ranking on the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index has gone from 6th place out of183 countries in 2010 to 10th place in 2011. Further, from another TI Survey, we see Canada going from being tied for first place in 2008 for honesty abroad to being tied for sixth place in 2011. Another survey by TI shows that Canadians think corruption is on the rise and that the government is not doing enough to stop it. With the establishment of a commission of inquiry into alleged corruption in the construction industry in Quebec, the media reports regarding federal spending related to the G20 summit in 2010, the Schreiber affair, the sponsorship scandal and the recent criticism by the OECD Working Group of Canada’s poor enforcement record relating to bribery of foreign public officials, questions arise including whether Canada’s current legal framework and policies are sufficient to combat corruption. In particular, what impact does this expansion of transnational and domestic laws have on Canadians and Canadian companies? How does the Canadian legal framework fare in comparison with this complex compliance and enforcement environment? What can we learn from other countries to improve our own legal response? Details: Vancouver, BC: The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR), 2012. 41p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 9, 2012 at: http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/files/2012/Final%20Paper%20Corruption-09%20May%202012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Canada URL: http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/files/2012/Final%20Paper%20Corruption-09%20May%202012.pdf Shelf Number: 126896 Keywords: BribesCorruption (Canada) |