Q1
– April to June 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 |
1,542
|
1,340
|
Members of the House of Commons
| Public office holders without reporting obligations
| Reporting public office holders
|
|
| (715 Ministerial staff, 549 Governor-in-Council appointees,
76 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? |
| 80 Times advice provided | 52 Times advice provided
| 137 Information kits for new public office holders
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180 Public registry postings
| 286 Public registry postings
| 52 Times information on post-employment obligations provided
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157 Initial compliance processes completed
| 159 Initial compliance processes completed
| 376 Annual reminders sent
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| WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASK US ABOUT? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS ASK US ABOUT? |
34 general obligations
| 125 material changes
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12 gifts or other benefits
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93 general obligations
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27 material changes
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56 post-employment obligations
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7 letters of support
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18 gifts or other advantages
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39 outside activities
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| WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DECLARE? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS DECLARE? |
159 disclosure summaries
| 155 summary statements
| 45 assets
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11 gifts or other benefits
| 33 liabilities
| 18 gifts or other advantages
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0 sponsored travel
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12 outside activities
| 1 post-employment exemption, waiver or reduction
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9 material changes
| 0 agreed compliance measures
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0 compliance orders
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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
|
Act |
FILING DEADLINES
|
NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS
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ADMINISTRATIVE MONETARY PENALTIES
|
61% Instances when newly appointed reporting
public office holders
met filing deadlines
|
4 notices of violation sent to a public office holder
| 2 failures to report a Confidential Report within 60 days
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Covid-19 caused the majority of the delays
|
30 days Times given to public office holders to either
pay the penalty
or
make written representations to the Commissioner
| 1 failure to report a material change
|
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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33 new case files
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2 reports published
| 15 case files closed
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WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THESE CASE FILES? | WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THESE CASE FILES? |
16 public office holders
| 17 within the Office
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12 Members of the House of Commons
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8 members of the House of Commons
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4 ministers or parliamentary secretaries
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4 referrals from Public Sector Integrity Commissioner
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1 person not subject to Act or Code
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3 members of the general public
1 media
|
Education and Outreach Activities
REQUESTS FROM THE MEDIA & PUBLIC
|
MENTIONS |
TWITTER |
444 requests from the public
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969 media mentions
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47 tweets sent
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31 media requests
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907 Twitter mentions
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1,338 followers
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1 interview
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14 articles
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WEBSITE
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PARLIAMENT |
TRAINING |
7,088 website visitors
|
0 appearance
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1 presentations
|
14,940 public registry visits
|
2 mentions during the questioning of ministers of
the House of Commons Special Committee
on the COVID-19 Pandemic
|
5 participants
|
Service standards
91%
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
|
70%
Established first contact with new public office holders and Members
within
3 business days
|
87%
Responded to media requests
within
4 hours
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Click
here to access the data used in the report.
