Q4 – January to March 2021
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
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WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE REGIMES ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE?
338 |
1,534
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1,355
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Members of the House of Commons
| Public office holders without reporting obligations
| Reporting public office holders
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| (729 Ministerial staff,
551 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? |
153 times advice provided
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729 times advice provided
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313 annual reminders sent |
99 public registry postings
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199 public registry postings
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163 information kits for new public office holders
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56 annual reminders
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96 times information on post-employment obligations provided
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63 initial compliance processes completed
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2 initial compliance processes completed
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WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASK US ABOUT? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS ASK US ABOUT? |
76 material changes
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299 material changes
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53 general obligations
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185 general obligations
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12 gifts or other benefits
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129 post-employment obligations
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12 letters of support and fundraising
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94 outside activities
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22 gifts or other advantages
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WHAT DID MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DECLARE? | WHAT DID PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS DECLARE? |
50 disclosure summaries
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63 summary statements
| 49 assets
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39 material changes
| 35 outside activities
| 8 gifts or other advantages
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9 gifts or other benefits
| 5 agreed compliance measures
| 4 recusals
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1 disclosure of private interest
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4 compliance orders
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4 administrative monetary penalties
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3 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
ACT |
FILING DEADLINES
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NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS
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ADMINISTRATIVE MONETARY PENALTIES
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91% Instances when newly appointed reporting public office holders met filing deadlines
| 3 notices of violation sent to a public office holder
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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
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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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12 new case files
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0 reports published
| 13 case files closed
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WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THESE CASE FILES? | WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THESE CASE FILES? |
6 Ministers or parliamentary secretaries
| 7 members of the general public
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4 Members of the House of Commons
| 3 media
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2 public office holders
| 1 Member of the House of Commons
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| 1 Public Sector Integrity Commissioner
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
REQUESTS FROM THE MEDIA & PUBLIC
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MENTIONS |
TWITTER |
524 requests from the public
| 5,010 Twitter mentions
| 3,093 followers
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32 media requests
| 2,210 media mentions
| 77 tweets sent
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3 interviews
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8 articles
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WEBSITE
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PARLIAMENT |
TRAINING |
15,338 public registry visits
| 0 appearances
| 341 participants
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9,663 website visitors
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14% Percentage of Question Periods during which the Office was mentioned
| 11 presentations
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SERVICE STANDARDS
93%
Responded to standard requests from Members and public office holders within 3 business days |
88%
Responded to requests from the public within 10 business day
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92%
Established first contact with new public office holders and Members within 3 business days
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88%
Responded to media requests within 4 hours
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Click here to access the data used in the report.