Q2 – July to September 2023
Individuals subject to conflict of interest regimes
| 337 | 1,411 | 1,465 |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the House of Commons (MPs) | Reporting public office holders | Public office holders without reporting obligations |
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(77 ministers and parliamentary secretaries,
762 ministerial staff,
572 people appointed to other positions) |
Public office holders are appointed by the Government.
Members of the House of Commons are elected.
Conflict of interests prevention
The Office helps Members of the House of Commons and Public office holders prevent conflicts of interests by:
| Members of the House of Commons | Public office holders | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Contacting them as soon as they take office | 5 times |
132 times
| |
| Ensuring they complete the initial compliance process | 0 processes | 84 processes | |
| Giving them advice | 210 times | 664 times | |
| Following up with them every year | 6 reminders | 258 reminders | |
| Posting information in the public registry | 147 times | 165 times | |
| Telling them about the post-employment rules | N/A | 211 times | |
86% of new reporting public office holders met all deadlines.
The Office contacted new public office holders and MPs within 3 business days in 95% of cases.
Confidential advice
When a Member or a public office holder has questions, they ask advisors at the Office for confidential advice.
| Members received advice 210 times | Public office holders received advice 664 times | |
|---|---|---|
| Material changes: 43% | Material changes: 33% | |
| General obligations: 29% | General obligations: 32% | |
| Gifts and other benefits: 19% | Post-employment obligations: 16% | |
| Letters of support and fundraising: 9% | Gifts or other advantages: 11% | |
| Outside activities: 8% | ||
The number of requests for advice was about the same than the last quarter.
The Office responded to standard requests within 3 business days in 95% of cases.
Public registry
The Office added information to the public registry:
| 147 times for MPs | 165 times from public office holders | |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure summaries: 94 | Agreed compliance measure: 1 | |
| Gifts and other benefits: 6 | Assets: 24 | |
| Material changes: 19 | Gifts or other advantages: 21 | |
| Sponsored travel: 28 | Liabilities: 7 | |
| Private interest: 0 | Outside activities: 34 | |
| Recusals: 6 | ||
| Summary statements: 68 | ||
| Travel: 3 | ||
| Other: 0 | ||
There were fewer public declarations compared to last quarter.
There were fewer declarations related to gifts compared to last quarter.
- The public registry is updated daily and can be accessed online.
- You can search it by date, type of declaration, regime, or an individual's name.
- The information in the registry is the only information the Office can make public.
4,284 public registry visitors
41,081 public registry views
After a Member or public office holder leaves office, their information is removed.
Post-employment rules (Conflict of Interest Act only)
All public office holders are subject to some rules even after they leave their position.
211 public office holders left office this quarter
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Former reporting public office holders face extra rules for one or two years after they leave office (cooling-off period) |
300 former public office holders were in their cooling-off period |
|
They can ask for an exemption, waiver, or reduction of their cooling-off period |
0 exemptions, waivers, or reductions granted |
Sanctions (Conflict of Interest Act only)
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1 notice of violation sent When a reporting public office holder does not meet a reporting requirement, they are sent a Notice of Violation and given 30 days to either pay the administrative monetary penalty or make written representations. |
Administrative monetary penalties A $250 penalty was paid for failing to disclose a material change. Once paid, the administrative monetary penalty is posted in the public registry. |
Investigations (Act & Code)
Case files opened and closed (a case file is a concern that is reviewed by the Office)
| 3 case files | 0 reports published | 5 case files closed |
| Subject of new case files | Source of new case files |
| 2 ministers or parliamentary secretaries | 3 members of the general public |
| 1 Member of the House of Commons | 0 Members of the House of Commons |
| 0 public office holder | 0 media |
| 0 persons not subject to Act or Code | 0 within the Commissioner's Office |
| 0 Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner |
The Office's target is to finish investigations in 12 months.
Education and outreach
| Requests from the media & public | Mentions | Social media |
| 356 requests from the public | 1,907 media mentions | 141 X/Twitter posts |
| 31 media requests (resulted in 9 articles) | 16,862 X/Twitter mentions | 4,122 X/Twitter followers |
| 0 interview granted |
76 LinkedIn posts
| |
| 175 LinkedIn followers | ||
| Website | Parliament | Training |
| 16,023 website visitors | 1 appearance | 9 presentations |
| 45,478 website visits | 0% percentage of Question Periods where the Office was mentioned | 292 participants |
Responded to standard media requests within 4 hours in 100% of cases.
Responded to standard public requests within 10 days in 94% of cases.
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