QUARTERLY STATISTICAL REPORT 2021-2022

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Q​3 –​ October TO December ​​2021

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​WHO IS SUBJECT TO ​THE RE​​GIMES ADMI​​NISTERED ​BY THE OFFICE?

​338	​1,299	1,477
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​​Membe​rs of the House of Commons	​​​Reporting public office holders (full-time)	​Public office holders without reporting obligations​​ (part-time)
​	​​​ (78 ​​ministers and parliamentary secretaries, ​531 ​Governor-in-Council appointees, 690 ​ministerial staff)	​

HOW D​OES THE OFF​ICE HELP MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS PREVENT AND AVOID CONFLICTS BETWEEN THEIR PUBLIC DUTIES AND PRIVATE INTERESTS?

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Advice was given to Members in 167 instances	Advice was given to public office holders in 809 instances
​General obligations: 49%	​​Material changes: 38%
Gifts and other benefits: 24%	​​General obligations: 28%
Letters of support and fundraising: 17%	Post-employment obligations: 21%
​​​​​Material changes: 11%​	Outside activities: 10%
​​	Gifts or other advantages: 4%

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Responded to standard requests within 3 business days in 97% of cases

​Declarations from Members were posted in 83 instances	​​​​​Declaration from public office holders were posted in 137 instances
​​​​Disclosure summaries: 71	Agreed compliance measures: 5
​Gifts and other benefits: 5	​Assets: 29
Material changes: 5	​Gifts or other advantages: 9
​Sponsored travel: 2	​​Liabilities: 4
​​Private interests: 0	​Outside activities: 31
​	​​Recusals: 4
​	​Summary statements: 54
​	​​Travel: 0
​	​Other: 1​​

​ ​ Compared to the previous quarter, the number of declarations has changed by 11%

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POST-EMPLOYMENT RULES (CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT ONLY)

Public office holders are subject to post-employment rules after they leave public office.

PUBLIC OFFICE​​ HOLDERS WHO LEFT THIS QUARTER: 178

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​Additional rules apply to former reporting public office holders for one or two years after they leave office​ (cooling-off period)​	​	​361 ​former public office holders are still subject to additional rules​
​​Upon request, the Commissioner may grant an exemption, waiver or reduction regarding the duration of the cooling-off period​	​	​​2 post-employment exemptions, waivers or reductions were granted​

 

 

​IMPOSING APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS (CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT ONLY)​

Filing deadlines​	​​Notices of violation	Administrative monetary penalties
68% Percentage of newly appointed reporting public office holders who met all filing deadlines	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 to the Commissioner   ​5 notices of violation sent to public office holders​​	2  failures to report all relevant information as part of the Confidential Report ​​​​ 4  failures to report a material change 0  failures to sign a Summary Statement within 120 days of appointment
		All administrative monetary penalties are tweeted and can be found on our public registry

​CONDUCTING INVESTIG​ATIONS​

ACT & C​O​DE
​​​​​​​​​​​​How many case files were opened and closed this quarter?​​
​​​ ​4 c​a​se files	​​  0 reports published	​​  10​ case ​file​s closed

Who is the subject of these case files?	What was the source of these case files?
​2 ministers or parliamentary secretaries	​0 memb​ers of the general public
​​​1 Member of the House of ​Commons	​1 member​ of the House of ​Commons​​
1 pub​lic office holder	​​​0 media
​​​​0 persons not subject to the Act or the Code	​3 within the Office​
​​​	​0 Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner

​ ​ The Office's target is to conduct examinations and inquiries in 12 months

​EDUCATION A​ND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES​

​​​REQUESTS FROM THE M​​EDI​A & P​UBLIC	​​MENTI​​​ONS	​​TW​ITTER​
712 requests from the public​​	​1,180 media mentions	221 tweets
​21 media requests	​14,200 Twitter mentions	3,504 followers​​
2 interviews	​	​
​8 articles	​	​
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WEBSITE​	PARLIAMENT	TRAINING
7,985 website visitors	1 appearance​	8 presentations
​​13,056 public registry visits	0% percentage of Question Periods during which   the ​Office was mentioned​	772​ ​participants ​​

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Responded to standard media requests within 4 hours in 100% of cases

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​​​Respond​ed to standard public requests within 10 days in 96% of cases

​​FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE:

 

Helping ​Reg​ulatees Comply​​	​Public Registry
Annual Reports​	​Submission Forms
Investigation Reports​	​

 

To obtain the data used to produce this report, please contact info@cie.parl.gc.ca.​