We warmly congratulate all MPs who have taken the transparency pledge.
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Support reforms that increase government transparency and accountability.
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In honouring this pledge, the MP will support reforms that increase the transparency of the Canadian parliamentary process and federal civil service, allowing citizens to know what is happening inside their government.
governments need to be more tranparent and I would support ways to make it so the public would have easier and better access to information- the Harper secrecy on CFIA is one example of how bad decisions are hidden and the public suffers for it.
Citizens have a right to know what their government is doing. There are many ideas for how, using information technology, transparency and accountability can be better incorporated into the Canadian parliamentary process and federal civil service.
In honouring this pledge, Members of Parliament will support reforms that increase the transparency of these institutions, allowing citizens to know what is happening inside their government.
We need to create genuine opportunities for constructively engaging Canadians in decision-making. Our governments will become accountable when Canadians are granted basic rights and opportunities to be directly engaged in those decisions that affect them.
Make campaign promises specific and measurable, and report progress on promises and their metrics at least semi-annually.
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In honouring this pledge, the MP will publish a timeline for achieving his or her campaign promises, along with specific metrics that can be used to judge whether or not a promise has been kept. Progress updates on promises will be published at least semi-annually.
At work, most ordinary citizens have regular performance reviews. These reviews chart progress that has been made on specific goals. With Members of Parliament, and the government in general, tracking performance is difficult
because promises made during election time are usually neither specific nor measurable.
In honouring this pledge, Members of Parliament must publish a timeline for achieving their promises, along with specific metrics that can be used to judge whether or not a promise has been kept.
Publish the content of his or her daily schedule, including meetings with lobbyists and special interest groups.
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In honoring this pledge, the MP will publish his or her daily official work schedule on the Internet, within 24 hours of the end of every work day. The schedule must include all matters relating to his or her role as a Member of Parliament, including all meetings with constituents, other Members, and lobbyists, listed by name. (In rare cases withholding the names of constituents whose privacy must be protected.) The schedule will also include all fundraising events. Events will be listed whether Parliament is in session or not, and whether the the MP is in Ottawa, traveling, or his or her district.
The federal government currently charges citizens various fees for access to data that was gathered by government institutions and funded by the public through taxes. Recent studies have shown that the benefits to the government of making this data freely accessible, in tax dollars, greatly outweigh the money recovered via access fees.
In honouring this pledge, the candidate will support reforms that abolish access fees for scientific and survey data gathered by government institutions.
Support reforms that make it easier for Canadians to obtain government information they have a right to know.
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In honouring this pledge, the MP will support reforms that make the Access to Information process faster and more efficient. In addition, the MP will support reforms that mandate publishing government information not restricted by citizen privacy issues by default, avoiding the Access to Information process altogether.
