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• The Canada Elections Act (English and French versions)

• The 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (English and French versions)

(The Wikipedia entry on the Charter is quite useful.)

• The 2004 Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons (English and French web pages)

(The House of Commons Code is administered by the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. This position was created by the Federal Accountability Act from two old positions: the Ethics Commissioner and the Senate Ethics Officer.)

• The Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders, 1994, revised 2006

(The Public Office Holders Code is to be phased out with the introduction of the Federal Accountability Act. Parts of the Code also appear in the March 2007 document Accountable Government: A Guide for Ministers and Secretaries of State.)

► More on the Public Office Holders Code.

• The 2006 Federal Accountability Act

► More on the Act.

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