Rationale for a Publicly Accessible, Pan-Canadian Company Registry of Beneficial Owners to Address the Proceeds of Crime through Anonymous Companies
General Briefing Note
Aims and Objectives for a Publicly Accessible, Pan-Canadian Company Registry of Beneficial Owners
Technical Briefing Note
Comparison of Information Fields Amongst Beneficial Ownership Registries in International Jurisdictions
Technical Briefing Note
Necessary Components and Considerations for a Publicly Accessible, Pan-Canadian Company Registry of Beneficial Owners
Technical Briefing Note
Impact of Criminal Misuse of Secret Companies on Canadian Small–Medium Enterprises and Rationale for a Publicly Accessible Company Register of Beneficial Owners
Technical Briefing Note
Reports
Canadian Company Data Transparency Index
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, Publish What You Pay Canada, 2022
Snow-washing, Inc: How Canada is marketed abroad as a secrecy jurisdiction
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, Publish What You Pay Canada, 2022
Ending Canada’s Snow-Washing Problem with a Publicly Accessible Beneficial Ownership Registry: An Advocacy Handbook
Canadians For Tax Fairness, Publish What You Pay Canada, and Transparency International Canada, 2020
Implementing a Publicly Accessible Pan-Canadian Registry of Beneficial Ownership: Legislative and Technical Options
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, and Publish What You Pay Canada, 2020
Privacy issues should not hold back a publicly accessible registry of beneficial owners in Canada
Canadians For Tax Fairness, Transparency International Canada, and Publish What You Pay Canada, 2020
A Public Beneficial Ownership Registry and the Canadian Privacy Regime: A Legal Analysis
Publish What You Pay Canada, Transparency International Canada, and Canadians For Tax Fairness, 2020
OPACITY: Why Criminals Love Canadian Real Estate (And How to Fix It)
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, and Publish What You Pay Canada, 2019
Building a Transparent, Effective Beneficial Ownership Registry
Publish What You Pay Canada, 2017
Secret Entities: A legal analysis of the transparency of beneficial ownership in Canada
Publish What You Pay Canada, 2017
No Reason To Hide: Unmasking the Anonymous Owners of Canadian Companies and Trusts
Transparency International Canada, 2016
Government Submissions
Federal Government
August 2023 — Proceeds of Crime Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) Assessment
April 2020 — Federal Consultation on a Public Beneficial Ownership Registry
Province of British Columbia
March 2020 — British Columbia Consultation on a Public Beneficial Ownership Registry
Province of Ontario
January 2020 — Business Law Modernization and Burden Reduction Council Recommendations to Modernize Ontario’s Business Law Statutes
Province of Québec
December 2019—Corporate Transparency Consultation
Media Appearances and Commentary
