--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/research/sustainable-governance-indicators-2014-canada-report/" title: "Sustainable Governance Indicators: 2014 Canada Report" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-02T13:03:32+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-02T13:03:32+00:00" post_type: "research" summary: "" post_tag: - "Canada" - "census" - "democratic quality" - "environmental policy" - "governance quality" - "sustainable governance" country_focus: - "Canada" province_region: - "National" research_theme: - "Fiscal Policy" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/old-reports_hero_banner_bg.webp" status: "publish" --- # Sustainable Governance Indicators: 2014 Canada Report Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/research/sustainable-governance-indicators-2014-canada-report/ # Sustainable Governance Indicators: 2014 Canada Report [Download full PDF report](https://csls.ca/pdf/csls2014-02-1.pdf) Cite this report × Cite this report as: Sharpe, Andrew, Anke Kessler, and Martin Thunert. 2014. “Sustainable Governance Indicators: 2014 Canada Report.” CSLS Research Report 2014-02. Ottawa: Centre for the Study of Living Standards. https://csls.ca/research/sustainable-governance-indicators-2014-canada-report/ ## Authors: - Andrew Sharpe Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - Anke Kessler Bertelsmann Foundation - Martin Thunert Bertelsmann Foundation ## Report 2014-02 May 2014 39 pages ## Related research [Measuring the Appropriate Outcomes for Better Decision-Making: A Framework to Guide the Analysis of Health Policy Matthew Calver March 2016 | Report 2016-03 | 132 pages](https://csls.ca/research/measuring-the-appropriate-outcomes-for-better-decision-making-a-framework-to-guide-the-analysis-of-health-policy-2016-03/) [Living Standards Domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing Andrew Sharpe, Christopher Ross November 2011 | Report 2011-17 | 124 pages](https://csls.ca/research/living-standards-domain-of-the-canadian-index-of-wellbeing-2011-17/) [Productivity: Key to Economic Success Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) March 1998 | Report 1998-01 | 99 pages](https://csls.ca/research/productivity-key-to-economic-success/) [Apprenticeship in Canada: A Training System Under Siege? 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The report evaluates policy performance and democratic quality across a range of domains including economic policy, social policy, environmental policy, and rule of law. It finds that while Canada has high-quality governance structures, several actions of the Conservative government — including changes to environmental legislation, the replacement of the mandatory census long form, and tensions with the Parliamentary Budget Office — represent a deterioration in sustainable governance. Ce rapport, publié à l’origine par la Fondation Bertelsmann dans le cadre du projet Sustainable Governance Indicators, évalue la qualité de la gouvernance au Canada de mai 2011 à mai 2013. Le rapport évalue la performance des politiques et la qualité démocratique dans plusieurs domaines, notamment la politique économique, la politique sociale, la politique environnementale et la primauté du droit. Il constate que, bien que le Canada dispose de structures de gouvernance de grande qualité, plusieurs mesures prises par le gouvernement conservateur — notamment les modifications à la législation environnementale, le remplacement du questionnaire détaillé obligatoire du recensement et les tensions avec le Bureau du directeur parlementaire du budget — représentent une détérioration de la gouvernance durable. [Download full PDF report](https://csls.ca/pdf/csls2014-02-1.pdf)