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GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS LAW IN CANADAA SITE PREPARED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS LAW PROJECT* GREGORY J. LEVINE, PH.D., LL.B.** NOTICE: THIS WEB SITE IS UNDER REDEVELOPMENT - ONLY THIS INTRODUCTORY PAGE IS ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.GOVTETHICSLAW/ AT THIS TIME. THE FULL SITE WILL BE REESTABLISHED AT THIS DOMAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE NEWS: Greg Levine's article Rudeness and Insults in Political Discourse and the Quest for Civility has been published in the Canadian Journal for Practical Philosophy v.13, n.1 NOTE The second edition of G.J. Levine's book on government ethics law is no longer available from Carswell/Canada Law Book: The Law of Government Ethics: Federal, Ontario and British Columbia - Second Edition NOTE G.J. Levine's book on Ombudsman legislation formerly available from Carswell is now out of print but a project on revising and republishing the work will be undertaken in the next while: Ombudsman Legislation in Canada: An Annotation and Appraisal NOTE: G.J. Levine's book on municipal ethics regimes is available from Municipal World: Municipal Ethics Regimes News: G.J. Levine was one of numerous experts who participated in a review of the federal Conflict of Interest Act in 2025. ANNOUNCEMENT: Having retired from active Commissioner work in 2016, G.J. Levine has served Integrity Commissioner for several Ontario municipalities. He now does select research and opinion work on ethics matters. This site is intended to provide information concerning aspects of governmental ethics law in Canada and to provide links to other sites which contain such information. The primary foci are: conflict of interest,lobbying, access to information, privacy, and administrative fairness. CONFLICT OF INTEREST PREVENTION * This project and site are not funded by government agencies or any agency thereof or any private sector organization. This effort is solely personal at this time and is intended to foster interest in this area of law. The author of this site and this project neither warrants the information contained herein or in the linked sites nor indemnifies any use of this site or the sites to which it is linked. It is for informational purposes only and should not be taken to be legal advice nor to represent the legal position of organizations in which the author works or volunteers or has worked or volunteered. ** © Gregory James Levine, 2025 Site Last Updated: December 10, 2025 |