• Our Prime Minister and Premiers have the most unrestricted powers of any elected leaders in the world. • One of the most dangerous unchecked powers of the PM and Premiers is the power to appoint essentially whomever they want to hundreds of law enforcement positions, including the top officers of the RCMP and every other police force, judges and all democratic good government watchdogs, which leads to the appointment of lapdogs and weak, unfair and ineffective enforcement of many key laws. • Our government transparency laws allow for excessive secrecy and cover-ups of waste and wrongdoing, and are weaker than the laws in more than 50 other countries, including the U.S. • Our government spending accountability laws allow for waste of your money, and are weaker than the laws in more than a dozen other countries, including the U.S. • Our government ethics laws are full of loopholes that allow politicians to secretly profit from their decisions, and are weaker than the laws in more than a dozen other countries, including the U.S. • Our anti-foreign interference laws allow for secret, unethical influence by agents of foreign governments and businesses, and are weaker than the laws in many other countries, including the U.S. • Our lobbying laws allow for secret, unethical lobbying and are weaker than the laws in more than a dozen other countries, including the U.S. • Our “third-party” lobby group spending laws allow for secret, undemocratic, unethical and undue influence by wealthy interests, and are weaker in some ways than U.S. laws. • Our political party leaders have more control over politicians in their party than the leaders in many other countries, including the U.S., which makes it easier for party leaders to ignore your and other voters’ concerns. • Our whistleblower protection laws are weaker than the laws in more than 60 other countries, including the U.S. • And our vote-counting system is less democratic than dozens of other countries as it often results in political parties electing more or fewer politicians than they should based on their actual level of support from voters.