Seven Tools
Your Rights, Your Actions
File an Access to Information Request
Under the Access to Information Act, any Canadian citizen or permanent resident can request government records by paying a $5 fee. File requests for: procurement contracts, internal communications about policy decisions, AG working papers, and ministerial briefing notes. Yes, the government will delay — the ATIP backlog is documented. But ATIP requests create a paper trail and force the government to formally respond. Every document they release becomes evidence. Every document they withhold under Cabinet confidence becomes documented obstruction.
File an ATIP request → canada.caSearch the Federal Lobbying Registry
The Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying maintains a public registry of every registered lobbyist, every communication with a public office holder, and every subject discussed. Search by company name, lobbyist name, or government institution. Find out who is lobbying your MP and on what subjects. This data is public. Use it to understand why the policies documented on this site serve corporate interests — the lobbying registry shows you who asked for those policies.
Search the lobbying registry → lobbycanada.gc.caContact Your MP With Evidence
Your Member of Parliament is required to respond to constituent communications. Don't send opinions — send evidence. Use the investigations on this site. Reference specific AG reports, court decisions, and official data. Ask specific questions that require specific answers. Demand that your MP raise the issue in Question Period or in committee. If they refuse, document the refusal. If they do raise it, it becomes part of the Hansard permanent parliamentary record.
Find your MP → ourcommons.caFile a Section 504 Private Prosecution
Section 504 of the Criminal Code allows any person to lay an information before a justice, initiating a private prosecution for criminal offences. This is the mechanism that bypasses the Crown's refusal to prosecute itself. The process requires filing a sworn information with a provincial court justice, presenting evidence that a criminal offence has been committed. The justice determines whether there are reasonable grounds to issue process. This is the most powerful accountability tool available to Canadian citizens — and the one the system most wants you to not know about.
S.504 prosecution framework → TENET5File Complaints With Oversight Bodies
Every oversight body accepts public complaints. The Ethics Commissioner accepts complaints about conflict of interest. The Information Commissioner accepts complaints about ATIP delays. The Privacy Commissioner accepts complaints about surveillance. The CRCC accepts complaints about RCMP conduct. Yes, the scorecard shows zero enforcement. But complaints create records. Records create patterns. Patterns create pressure. And if enough Canadians file enough complaints, the volume itself becomes evidence of systemic failure.
Share This Site
Every page on TENET5 has share buttons. Every page is designed to be shared on social media, sent to journalists, forwarded to elected officials, and used in academic research. The institutional capture documented here depends on public ignorance — the captured media will not compile this picture. You can. Every share expands the audience. Every share is a witness. The information is public. The synthesis is what the system does not want you to see.
Vote With Evidence, Not Promises
The promise tracker documents what was promised versus what was delivered. The 2025 election analysis documents the accountability gaps in the new Parliament. The system architecture shows that the problem is structural, not partisan. Use this evidence when evaluating candidates. Ask them specific questions based on the investigations documented here. Their answers — or refusal to answer — tell you everything you need to know about whether they will serve you or serve the system.
The System Depends on Your Inaction
The 13-layer architecture is designed to resist reform from within. But the law still provides tools for citizens to act directly.
None of these tools alone will change the system. All of them together, used by enough citizens, create pressure that captured institutions cannot absorb. The system depends on your inaction. These tools are your action.