Il y a 16 years 3 months.   Transparency and disclosure.   Introduction In 1944, the Bretton Woods Conference established the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Every year at the end of March, the Minister of Finance tables a “Report on Operations under the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act”. As of 2008, these annual reports provide a comprehensive introduction to the institutions and Canada’s place within them, an overview of Canadian priorities and actions in 2007, and Canadian medium- term priorities looking forward. Since 1995, the Halifax Initiative Coalition (HI) has produced report cards on these annual reports to Parliament. These report cards drew attention to the perfunctory nature of the reports and the absence of any substantive content with respect to Canadian priorities, policies and positions on the various issues before the Bank and Fund. They evaluate the transparency and accountability of Finance Canada to parliamentarians for Canadian activities at the institutions, and propose a model, based on best practice, for enhancing the report.   Read more ...

Il y a 16 years 3 months.   Domestic legislation, Government accountability, Transparency and disclosure.   EDC in the spotlight – beyond responsible to accountable A statutorily-mandated review of the Export Development Act, the legislation that governs operations at Export Development Canada (EDC), is currently being conducted by the Minister of International Trade (see Just the Facts).   Read more ...

Il y a 16 years 4 months.   .   12 June 2008 Madame la Ministre Christine Lagarde Monsieur le Ministre Giulio Tremonti, Madame la Chancelière d’Echiquer Alistair Darling (Grande Bretagne) Monsieur le Ministre Peer Steinbrück Monsieur le Ministre Jim Flaherty Monsieur le Ministre Henry Paulson Jr. Monsieur le Ministre Fukushiro Nukaga Monsieur le Ministre Alexei Kudrin   Read more ...

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