Traduction de «Loi sur la surveillance de la révision » (Français → Anglais) :

Some Canadian statutes contain monitoring or review mechanisms; I'm thinking of the Access to Information and the Privacy Acts.

Legislation on the establishment of a law enforcement monitoring commission as an independent oversight body for police offences should be adopted and implemented in line with European standards.

Transparent government is a foundation of free and democratic society. The lack of oversight or review in Bill C-36 with respect to the withholding of information – what is essentially the unfettered discretion of the Minister – is very troubling.

We recognize that these issues concern national security and other related matters that call for strict secrecy and often speedy action. Nevertheless, we believe that the best way to ensure that these powers are exercised in a manner consistent with our fundamental principles and values and the best way for Canadians to see that the powers are exercised in this way is to provide for on-going, independent oversight and review, as appropriate.

(18) In addition to ensuring that the insurance undertaking has a representative in the State where the injured party resides, it is appropriate to guarantee the specific right of the injured party to have the claim settled promptly; it is therefore necessary to include in national law appropriate effective and systematic financial or equivalent administrative penalties - such as injunctions combined with administrative fines, reporting to supervisory authorities on a regular basis, on-the-spot checks, publications in the national official journal and in the press, suspension of the activities of the company (prohibition on the conclusi ...[+++]on of new contracts for a certain period), designation of a special representative of the supervisory authorities responsible for monitoring that the business is run in line with insurance laws, withdrawal of the authorisation for this business line, sanctions to be imposed on directors and management staff - in the event that the insurance undertaking or its representative fails to fulfil its obligation to make an offer of compensation within a reasonable time-limit; this should not prejudice the application of any other measure - especially under supervisory law - which may be considered appropriate; however, it is a condition that liability and the damage and injury sustained should not be in dispute, so that the insurance undertaking is able to make a reasoned offer within the prescribed time-limit; the reasoned offer of compensation should be in writing and contain the grounds on the basis of which liability and damages have been assessed.

We recognize that these issues concern national security and other related matters that call for strict secrecy and often speedy action. Nevertheless, we believe that the best way to ensure that these powers are exercised in a manner consistent with our fundamental principles and values — and the best way for Canadians to see that the powers are exercised in this way — is to provide for on-going, independent oversight and review, as appropriate.