Government Conflict of Interest Guidelines
Governmental Conflict of Interest Guidelines
1. All electoral candidates and members of the government of the Region of Canada, elected, appointed or otherwise, including ministers, deputy ministers, ambassadors and CRDF soldiers (hereafter individually called a “government member“), shall forthwith inform the citizens of the Region of Canada of all governmental positions that they hold in regions outside of the Region of Canada. Such disclosure shall be made in the forum entitled “Conflict Disclosure" found in the Minister of the Region’s forum. The disclosure shall consist of stating the regional government(s) of which the government member or candidate is a member.
2. Where a government member of the Region of Canada assumes governmental responsibilities in a region outside of the Region of Canada midway through their term of office as a government official of the Region of Canada, such government member shall disclose their new outside governmental responsibilities in the forum entitled "Conflict Disclosure" within 24 hours of assuming their new non-Region of Canada government position.
3. Where an electoral candidate assumes governmental responsibilities in a region outside of the Region of Canada midway through their candidacy, such candidate shall disclose their new outside governmental responsibilities in the forum entitled "Conflict Disclosure" within 24 hours of assuming their new non-Region of Canada government position.
4. Where a government member of the Region of Canada or a candidate in the Region of Canada is sent on an approved intelligence mission to another region and assumes a government position in the other region with the approval of Cabinet or the CRDF, the requirements for public disclosure contained in this law shall be waived.
5. Where a government member or candidate has failed to properly disclose an outside governmental interest as mandated in sections 1-3, such member or candidate shall be suspended from holding a government position in the Region of Canada for a period of not less than 60 days. In addition, if the person in question is a government member, the said person shall be immediately relieved of his or her government duties. If the person in question is a candidate in an election, such person shall be immediately stricken from the ballot.
6. For greater certainty, a Government Position in a region outside of the Region of Canada shall be defined as any position of influence within a governing structure of a region outside the Region of Canada, including those that are equivalent to the Canadian positions of “Minister“ “Deputy Minister“ “Ambassador”, "Delegate", "Founder" and “CRDF soldier“.
7. Without limitation, it is acknowledged that where a Government Official or Candidate of the Region of Canada controls a non-Region of Canada nation, commonly known as a "puppet", and by virtue of its control of the puppet gains a government position outside the Region of Canada, such a situation would trigger the disclosure provisions of sections 1-3.
8. In the event that a government member or Candidate in Canada is undertaking activities or roles with the government of another Region which raises a reasonable apprehension of a threat to Canada's Regional security, Cabinet may, by two-thirds majority vote, declare that a threat to Regional Security exists. Upon declaration, any government member or candidate with a government position in the a region that amounts to a said threat to Regional Security shall have no more than 24 hours, from exposure, to resolve the conflict of interest. Any government member who fails to do so shall be temporarily relieved of his or her government duties pending investigation and any candidate who fails to do so shall be stricken from the ballot.
9. The Minister of Defence shall maintain a published list of declarations of threats to Regional Security. Any declaration of a threat to Regional Security that is not re-affirmed by a two-thirds majority of Cabinet within one week of an election shall be declared null and void. Cabinet may withdraw a declaration of a threat to Regional Security at any time, by a simple majority vote provided that Cabinet is satisfied that no such threat exists.
10. When a threat to Regional Security no longer exists, a government member or candidate who has been relieved of duties, or stricken from a ballot under section 8 will be re-instated, provided that the term of government or candidacy has not elapsed, and subject to the provisions of Article I of the Constitution.
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