- The Liberal government created an independent Ethics Commissioner to report directly to Parliament
- Will re-establish the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada, as well as comptrollers to sign off on all department spending
- Strengthen the internal audit system
- Launched a permanent and ongoing expenditure review of government programs
- Introduced legislation to protect "whistle blowers" who come forward to report wrongdoing in government and Crown Corporations
- Will put ministers' expenses, as well as those of their staff and senior public servants, on the Web
- Professionalize the appointments process for the Immigration and Refugee Board
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- Create an independent Ethics Counsellor, who will report directly to the House of Commons -- to be appointed by Parliament, not the prime minister
- Direct the auditor general to audit all federal granting programs and act on the recommendations
- End corporate and union political donations, and forced taxpayer subsidies of political parties
- Set fixed election dates for every four years
- Hold elections to fill vacancies in the Senate
- Increase the power of individual Members of Parliament
- Allow Parliament, not the courts, to make a final decision on issues like same-sex marriage
- Ensure fairness in party nomination and leadership races
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- Create an independent ethics counsellor, toughen up conflict-of-interest guidelines and cracking down on expense accounts
- Implement a Parliamentary review of senior appointments to bodies such as Crown corporations, agencies and boards
- Have "third parties" report publicly on the funds they received for election campaigns and advertising
- Crack down on unaccountable election slush funds
- Enact whistleblower laws to protect civil servants
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- Be an accountable, transparent and honest government
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- Allow the public to obtain detailed quarterly financial reports, including program expenditures and expenses of elected officials and civil servants
- Immediately release to the public all results of publicly-funded polling
- Ensure all newly-elected politicians undergo mandatory training in ethics and management
- Broadcast committee meetings and "town hall" citizens' meetings on television and the Internet
- Establish "whistleblower" protection
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