Every Canadian province has readily-available public disclosures, a transparency resource commonly used by journalists and the public to monitor politicians’ potential conflicts of interest — except Newfoundland and Labrador. In every other province, without exception, disclosures are readily available online to every single member of the public. Ontario was the first province to start using an online database, but all provinces have made an effort to ensure information is available online. When The Independent spoke with Newfoundland and Labrador Acting Commissioner for Legislative Standards Anne Chafe, there seemed to be resistance to making the disclosures available online. Public disclosures wouldn’t prevent these problems, but they would provide a resource to journalists and the public to point out errors of judgment and problems within the legislature.