Q2 – July to September 2020
The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner tracks and monitors key performance indicators in order to better align its activities with its mission, assess its workload and identify current trends. For access to the data used to compile this report, please click here.
WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE REGIMES ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE?
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338 |
1,512
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1,308
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Members of the House of Commons
| Public office holders without reporting obligations
| Reporting public office holders
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| (702 Ministerial staff,
531 Governor-in-Council appointees,
75 Ministers and parliamentary secretaries)
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| HOW DID THE OFFICE HELP MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS COMPLY? | HOW DID THE OFFICE HELP PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS COMPLY? |
| 100 times advice provided | 511 times advice provided
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261 annual reminders sent
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100 initial compliance processes completed
| 162 public registry postings
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108 times information on post-employment obligations provided
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123 public registry postings
| 83 initial compliance processes completed
| 49 information kits for new public office holders
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| WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASK US ABOUT? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS ASK US ABOUT? |
33 material changes
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217 material changes
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28 general obligations
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136 general obligations
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15 letters of support and fundraising
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101 post-employment obligations
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24 gifts or other benefits
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20 gifts or other advantages
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37 outside activities
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| WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DECLARE? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS DECLARE? |
100 disclosure summaries
| 73 summary statements
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33 assets
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19 material changes
| 20 outside activities
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10 liabilities
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4 gifts or other benefits
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7 agreed compliance measures
| 5 recusals
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2 post-employment exemption, waiver or reduction
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2 gifts or other advantages
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We help Members of the House of Commons and public office holders prevent and avoid conflicts between their public duties and private interests.
All public declarations for Members and public office holders can be found on our public registry.
WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT?
PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS (POH)
- Part-time members of federal boards, commissions and tribunal, as well as some part-time ministerial staff.
REPORTING PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS (RPOH)
- Ministers, parliamentary secretaries, ministerial staff.
- Full-time Governor-in-Council appointees such as deputy ministers, heads of Crown corporations and members of federal boards.
IMPOSING APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS
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ACT |
FILING DEADLINES
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NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS
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ADMINISTRATIVE MONETARY PENALTIES
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69% Instances when newly appointed reporting
public office holders met filing deadlines
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8 notices of violation sent to a public office holder
| There were no administrative
penalties this quarter.
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30 days Times given to public office holders to either pay the penalty
or make written representations to the Commissioner
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All administrative monetary penalties can be found on our public registry.
CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS
| CODE AND ACT |
HOW MANY CASE FILES WERE OEPENED AND CLOSED THIS QUARTER?
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16 new case files
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2 reports published
| 16 case files closed
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WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THESE CASE FILES? | WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THESE CASE FILES? |
15 ministers or parliamentary secretaries
| 8 members of the general public
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2 Members of the House of Commons
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7 members of the House of Commons
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2 public office holders
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1 within the Office
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
REQUESTS FROM THE MEDIA & PUBLIC
| MENTIONS | TWITTER |
806 requests from the public
| 24,990 media mentions
| 46 tweets sent
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60 media requests
| 14,274 Twitter mentions
| 3,007 followers
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1 interview
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16 articles
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WEBSITE
| PARLIAMENT | TRAINING |
16,475 website visitors
| 0 appearances
| 1 presentation
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18,610 public registry visits
| 66% Percentage of Question Periods during which the Office was mentioned
| 6 participants |
SERVICE STANDARDS
87%
Responded to standard requests from Members and public office holders within 3 business days |
67%
Responded to requests from the public
within 10 business day
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80%
Established first contact with new public office holders and Members
within 3 business days
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87%
Responded to media requests
within 4 hours
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Click here to access the data used in the report.
