While the EU regulatory framework for credit ratings already contains measures on disclosure and transparency that apply to sovereign debt ratings, further measures could be considered to improve transparency, monitoring, methodology and the process of sovereign debt ratings in EU;

We in the Liberal Party support the efforts to increase transparency and accountability in the electoral process and that is why the Liberal leadership candidates of the Liberal Party went beyond the requirements set out by Elections Canada in reporting loans to its campaigns.

improving international governance as regards the environment and the EU's driving role, particularly by assisting regional and international environmental monitoring and assessment, aid for implementing multilateral agreements on the environment, and support for international organisations and processes concerned with the environment and energy.

Health Canada views effective whistleblowing legislation as an important tool in the continuum of mechanisms that can help us to ensure that healthy scientific debate is appropriately protected and supported within government and that both employees and public service managers have avenues to ensure the impartiality and integrity of that debate (1540) [English] As you review the proposed legislation, I would ask that you consider the unique nature of scientific decision-making in regulatory departments, which has at its heart the need for diverse perspectives and vigorous scientific discussion, and consider if this requires special recog ...[+++]nition in Bill C-11.

‘Access to a document, drawn up by an institution for internal use or received by an institution, which relates to a matter where the decision has not been taken by the institution, shall be refused if disclosure of the document would seriously undermine the institution’s decision-making process, unless there is an overriding public interest in disclosure’.

3. Access to a document, drawn up by an institution for internal use or received by an institution, which relates to a matter where the decision has not been taken by the institution, shall be refused if disclosure of the document would seriously undermine the institution's decision-making process, unless there is an overriding public interest in disclosure.