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Propel your career

Inquiries

Our culture

Students and recent graduates

Wrongdoing Disclosures Under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act

Benefits and rewards

Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Reports

Office of the Auditor General of Canada Code of Values, Ethics, and Professional Conduct

Terms and Conditions

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Auditor General of Canada

Title / URL	Issues
Office of the Auditor General of Canadawww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/admin_e_41.html	6
Propel your careerwww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_42303.html	6
Inquirieswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/admin_e_43119.html	6
Our culturewww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_43560.html	6
Students and recent graduateswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_42304.html	6
Wrongdoing Disclosures Under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Actwww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/admin_e_43990.html	6
Benefits and rewardswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_42302.html	6
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Reportswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_lp_e_901.html	5
Office of the Auditor General of Canada Code of Values, Ethics, and Professional Conductwww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_8603.html	5
Terms and Conditionswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/admin_e_18925.html	5

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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