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The kinds of wrongdoing our Office can investigate - video with transcription

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Hello, Our Office investigates allegations of wrongdoing that could seriously impact the public’s trust in the integrity of the federal public sector.

If you are not sure whether our Office can investigate the allegations you are reporting, ask yourself the following question:

“If this wrongdoing were founded, could it damage the public’s trust in the public service?”

If the answer is “no,” it is unlikely that it would lead to an investigation.

Our Office can only investigate wrongdoing as defined by the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. There are six definitions:

  1. A contravention of any Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, or of regulations made under such Act;
  2. A misuse of public funds or a public asset, such as expenditures made without following proper procurement procedures or that are wasteful;
  3. A gross mismanagement, which means cases that go beyond minor wrongdoing or negligence;
  4. An act or omission that creates a substantial and specific danger to the life, health or safety of persons, or to the environment;
  5. A serious breach of a code of conduct that can have significant impact on an organization’s employees and the public’s trust;
  6. Knowingly directing or counselling a person to commit wrongdoing as set out in the previous definitions. 

You may be wondering:

“How about harassment and workplace grievances?”

The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act is not intended to address matters of a personal nature, such as individual harassment complaints or individual workplace grievances. These matters should continue to be addressed through procedures available to deal with such concerns.

Thanks for your interest in the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada.

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