Q3 – October to December 2023
The Office administers conflict of interest regimes for the following individuals
Members of the House of Commons
(MPs)
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Reporting public office holders
| Public office holders without reporting obligations
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798 ministerial staff,
559 people appointed to other positions)
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Public office holders are appointed by the Government.
MPs are elected.
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The Office helps Members of the House of Commons and Public office holders prevent conflicts of interests by:
Contacting them as soon as they take office
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0 times
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175 times |
Ensuring they complete the initial compliance process
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2 processes
| 131 processes
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Giving them advice
| 160 times
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675 times
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Following up with them every year
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48 reminders
| 257 reminders
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Posting information in the public registry
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97 times
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150 times
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Telling them about the post-employment rules
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N/A
| 125 times
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76% of new reporting public office holders met all deadlines.
The Office contacted new public office holders and MPs within 3 business days in 98% of cases. |
CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE
When an MP or a public office holder has questions, they ask advisors at the Office for confidential advice.
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Material changes : 36%
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Material changes: 25%
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General obligations: 33% | General obligations: 35%
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Gifts and other benefits:
18% |
Post-employment obligations: 14%
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Letters of support and fundraising: 13%
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Gifts or other advantages:
16% |
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Outside activities:
8%
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The number of requests for advice was about the same as the last quarter.
The Office responded to standard requests within 3 business days in 93% of cases.
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PUBLIC REGISTRY
The Office added information to the Public Registry:
There were more postings about gifts and fewer postings overall than in the last quarter.
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The Public Registry is updated daily and can be accessed online.
You can search the public registry by date, type of declaration, regime or by name.
The Public Registry only contains items that must be made public under the Act and the Code.
The information is removed after an MP or public office holder leaves office
2,193 public registry visitors
25,574 Public registry visits
POST-EMPLOYMENT RULES (CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT ONLY)
Public office holders are subject to rules after they leave public office.
125 PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS
LEFT OFFICE THIS QUARTER
Former reporting public office holders face extra rules for one or two years after they leave office (cooling-off period)
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317 former public office holders were in their cooling-off period
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They can ask for an exemption, waiver, or reduction of their cooling-off period |
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1 exemptions, waivers, or reductions granted |
IMPOSING APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS (CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT ONLY)
3 notices 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
Two $200 penalties paid for failing to disclose a material change.
All administrative monetary penalties are posted in the public registry.
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CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS
Case files opened and closed (a case file is a concern that is reviewed by the Office)
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 4 case files
|  0 reports published
|  11 case files closed
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Subject of case files |
Source of case files? |
0 ministers or parliamentary secretaries
| 2 members of the general public
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1 Member of the House of Commons
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2 Members of the House of Commons
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3 public office holders
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0 media
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| 0 persons not subject to the Act or the Code |
0 within the Commissioner's Office
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The Office's target is to finish investigations in 12 months
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
Responded to standard media requests within 4 hours in 100% of cases.
Responded to standard public requests within 10 days in 89% of cases.
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