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As a Member of the House of Commons, you must fill out this form as part of your initial compliance process under the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, no later than 60 days after notice of your election is published in the Canada Gazette. The form asks for detailed personal and financial information about you and your family members. The form must be submitted with supporting documents, such as financial statements. Please consult the Checklist for initial compliance under the Code for a list of information you will need on hand. You can expect to spend at least an hour to fill it out. If you need assistance to fill out the form, an advisor in the Commissioner’s Office can help. You can send the completed form to the Commissioner’s Office by email. An advisor will contact you to guide you through the rest of the initial compliance process. If you are a minister or parliamentary secretary, you must follow a similar process under the Conflict of Interest Act.

This form is intended for Members of the House Commons. If you or a family member have accepted an acceptable gift or other benefit related to your position as a Member that has a value of $200 or more, you must publicly declare it. You must do so within 60 days after accepting it, through the Disclosure Portal (you can also access it from a link at the top of every page of this website) or by filling out this form and submitting it to the Commissioner’s Office. Keep in mind that the value of a gift does not determine if it’s acceptable. The $200 amount is a disclosure threshold only. Please consult with your advisor in the Commissioner’s Office, by calling 613-995-0721 or sending us an email.

Members of the House of Commons may use this form to submit a Public Statement of Sponsored Travel within 60 days after the end of a sponsored trip. A document called How to Disclose Sponsored Travel explains the specific information required in the statement and how to submit it to the Commissioner’s Office. About Sponsored Travel Sponsored travel is any travel worth more than $200 that is not fully paid by the government, a political party, a recognized parliamentary association or Members themselves. The Commissioner’s Office will post the statement in the public registry. The Commissioner is required to submit to the Speaker of the House of Commons, by March 31 each year, a List of sponsored travel by Members during the previous calendar year. The Speaker tables it in the House of Commons.

This form is intended for former reporting public office holders who are in their cooling-off period. Subsection 37(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act requires all former reporting public office holders, during he cooling-off period following their last day in public office (two years for former ministers and one year for others), to report to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner any communication with a public office holder in respect of: • the development of any legislative proposal by the Government of Canada or by a member of the Senate or the House of Commons; • the introduction of any bill or resolution in either House of Parliament or the passage, defeat or amendment of any bill or resolution that is before either House of Parliament; • the making or amendment of any regulation as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act; • the development or amendment of any policy or program of the Government of Canada, • the awarding of any grant, contribution or other financial benefit by or on behalf of His Majesty in right of Canada; or • the awarding of any contract by or on behalf of His Majesty in right of Canada. Former reporting public office holders must also report to the Commissioner any meeting that they have arranged between a public office holder and any other person. Use this form to report a communication or meeting. Although the Act does not specify a time limit for filing, please do so promptly. Additional sheets can be attached if necessary.

As a reporting public office holder, you must fill out this form within 60 days after your appointment to complete your initial compliance process under the Conflict of Interest Act. The form asks for detailed personal and financial information about you and your family members. Please consult the Checklist for initial compliance under the Act for a list of information you will need on hand. You can expect to spend at least an hour to fill it out. If you need assistance to fill out the form, an advisor in the Commissioner’s Office can help. You can send the completed form to the Commissioner’s Office by email. An advisor will contact you to guide you through the rest of the initial compliance process.

Members of the public who think someone may have contravened the Act or the Code are welcome to submit information for the Commissioner to consider by filling out this form. (He may also consider information from the public that a Senator or Member of the House of Commons brings to his attention.) All investigations are done in private. The Commissioner’s Office does not tell members of the public if or how it is following up on complaints they have made.

This guide is intended to help Members of the House of Commons fill out a Public Statement of Sponsored Travel. It explains the specific information required in the statement and how to submit it to the Commissioner’s Office. About Sponsored Travel Sponsored travel is any travel worth more than $200 that is not fully paid by the government, a political party, a recognized parliamentary association or Members themselves. Within 60 days after the end of a sponsored trip, Members must disclose it to the Commissioner’s Office. The Commissioner’s Office will post the statement in the public registry. The Commissioner is required to submit to the Speaker of the House of Commons, by March 31 each year, a List of sponsored travel by Members during the previous calendar year. The Speaker tables it in the House of Commons.

Senators and Members of the House of Commons who have reasonable grounds to believe someone has contravened the Conflict of Interest Act may ask the Commissioner to investigate. You can ask the Commissioner to investigate someone under the Act by filling out this form.

Members of the House of Commons may use this form to submit a notice of material change within 60 days. A material change is a change to any of the information in the Disclosure Statement that you filled out during the initial compliance process. While you’re in office, you must tell the Commissioner’s Office about: A change in marital statusA new source of income greater than $1,000Buying or selling an asset (property or investment) worth $10,000 or moreTaking on or paying off a debt of $10,000 or moreIf the value of an asset or a liability goes above or below $10,000 Please contact your advisor in the Commissioner’s Office to file your Notice of Material Change. They will advise you if the change requires a public declaration.

Members of the House of Commons who have reasonable grounds to believe another Member has contravened the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons may ask the Commissioner to investigate by filling out this form.