Q3 – October to December 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 |
1,529
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1,336
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Members of the House of Commons
| Public office holders without reporting obligations
| Reporting public office holders
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| (712 Ministerial staff,
547 Governor-in-Council appointees,
77 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? |
157 times advice provided
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666 times advice provided
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313 annual reminders sent |
117 public registry postings
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190 public registry postings
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118 information kits for new public office holders
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11 initial compliance processes completed
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63 initial compliance processes completed
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43 times information on post-employment obligations provided
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5 annual reminders
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2 information kits for newly elected Members
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| WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASK US ABOUT? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS ASK US ABOUT? |
80 material changes
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359 material changes
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35 general obligations
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153 general obligations
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31 gifts or other benefits
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71 post-employment obligations
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11 letters of support and fundraising
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42 outside activities
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41 gifts or other advantages
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| WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DECLARE? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS DECLARE? |
54 disclosure summaries
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54 summary statements
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42 outside activities
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47 material changes
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37 assets
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18 recusals
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15 gifts or other benefits
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9 gifts or other advantages
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8 agreed compliance measures
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1 sponsored travel
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5 compliance orders
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4 administrative monetary penalties
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2 post-employment exemptions, waivers or reductions
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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.
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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89% Instances when newly appointed reporting
public office holders met filing deadlines
| 1 notice of violation sent to a public office holder
| 1 incomplete Confidential Report
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30 days Time given to public office holders to either pay the penalty
or make written representations to the Commissioner
| 3 failures to report a material change
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All public declarations for Members and public office holders 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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5 new case files
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1 report published
| 8 case files closed
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| WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THESE CASE FILES? | WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THESE CASE FILES? |
3 public office holders
| 2 members of the general public
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2 Members of the House of Commons
| 2 within the Office
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| 1 Member of the House of Commons
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
REQUESTS FROM THE MEDIA & PUBLIC
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MENTIONS |
TWITTER |
269 requests from the public
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11,400 media mentions
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90 tweets sent
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56 media requests
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4,770 Twitter mentions
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3,168 followers
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4 interviews
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25 articles
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WEBSITE
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PARLIAMENT |
TRAINING |
13,114 website visitors
| 2 appearances
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6 presentations
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15,673 public registry visits
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16% Percentage of Question Periods during which
the Office was mentioned
| 387 participants |
SERVICE STANDARDS
78%
Responded to standard requests from Members and public office holders within 3 business days | 93%
Responded to requests from the public
within 10 business day
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89%
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.
