2025–26 Departmental Results Report - Supplementary Information Tables
(Back to the 2025–26 Departmental Results Report.)
Details on Transfer Payment Programs
| Transfer payment program or funding agreement | Provision of legal advisory services under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) |
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Timeframe of the Transfer Payment Program
| Start date | 2010–11 |
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| End date | Ongoing |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2010–11 |
Funding Details
| Listing in the Public Accounts | Contributions for access to legal advice under the PSDPA |
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| Name of program terms and conditions | Terms and Conditions for the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada’s Contribution Program |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | The program is appropriated annually through the Estimates. |
Purpose and Objectives
| Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program | The program is made pursuant to section 25.1 of the PSDPA and supports the Core Responsibility of the Office. It provides access to legal advice in a timely and effective matter to qualified individuals about their rights and obligations under the PSDPA. |
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| Engagement of applicants and recipients in 2025–26 | Recipients retain their own lawyers and the latter establish a contractual relationship with the Office. A dedicated email address is offered to lawyers and recipients to write to the Office for any inquiries about the program and in regard to the payment of their invoices. |
Departmental Results Framework
| Link to departmental result(s) | Public sector disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal are dealt with in a timely and effective manner. |
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| Link to the department’s program inventory | Disclosure and Reprisal Management Program |
| Results achieved | The transfer payment program provided qualified individuals with access to legal advice about their situation, rights, obligations and assistance in determining their best course of action. In 2024–25, the Office received 81 requests for funding for legal advice under the PSDPA and 28 of those requests were granted. |
Evaluations and Audits
| Findings of audits completed in 2025–26 | There were no audits completed during the 2025–26 reporting year. |
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| Findings of evaluations completed in 2025–26 | There were no evaluations completed during the 2025–26 reporting year. The last evaluation of the transfer payment program was completed in 2018–19. Since then, this program was not identified as requiring an audit or evaluation based on this Office’s Risk-Based Audit and Evaluation Plan. |
Financial Information
| Type of transfer payment | 2023–24 actual spending | 2024–25 actual spending | 2025–26 planned spending | 2025–26 total authorities available for use | 2025–26 actual spending (authorities used) | Variance (2025–26 actual minus 2025–26 planned) |
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| Total grants | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total contributions | $21,574 | $27,302 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $23,077 | $26,923 |
| Total other transfer payments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total program | $21,574 | $27,302 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $23,077 | $26,923 |
Explanation of Variances
In 2025–26, actual expenditures totalled $23,077, approximately 54% below planned spending of $50,000.
Planned spending and actual spending vary significantly due to the functioning of the program. Although the Commissioner approves funding up to $3,000 over the course of a FY, the Office has no control over when recipients retain their lawyers and recipients often use their funding over the span of more than one fiscal year.
Plan to Address Variance
The Office continues to examine different delivery models for the program and to implement reasonable periods for recipients to use their funding.
Gender-based Analysis Plus
Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus Governance and Capacity
Governance
The mandate of the Office does not have specific goals, processes or outcomes related to gender identity or other diversity characteristics.
Due to the confidential nature of disclosures and complaints, demographic data about disclosers and complainants is not collected.
The Office takes disclosures of wrongdoing from any person and continues to accept disclosures and complaints in many formats to support individuals who may require accommodation for a disability (for example, taking a disclosure over the phone, instead of in writing).
Capacity
The mandate of the Office does not have specific goals, processes or outcomes related to gender identity or other diversity characteristics.
Due to the confidential nature of disclosures and complaints, demographic data about disclosers and complainants is not collected.
The Office takes disclosures of wrongdoing from any person and continues to accept disclosures and complaints in many formats to support individuals who may require accommodation for a disability (for example, taking a disclosure over the phone, instead of in writing).
Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalents) Dedicated to GBA Plus
The Office does not have a dedicated full-time equivalent for GBA Plus and its implementation. A member of the management team plays the role of GBA Plus Champion for the organization and ensures proposals for funding and interactions with stakeholders do not negatively impact any specific groups.
Section 2: Gender and Diversity Impacts, by Program
| Core responsibility | In order to meet its legislated mandate, the Office must maintain an adequate external whistleblowing regime for the federal public sector. |
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| Program name | Public sector disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal |
| Program goals | The goal of the program is to handle disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal in a timely manner. The mandate of the Office does not have specific goals, processes or outcomes related to gender identity or other diversity characteristics. Due to the confidential nature of disclosures and complaints, demographic data about disclosers and complainants is not collected. The Office takes disclosures of wrongdoing from any person and continues to accept disclosures and complaints in many formats to support individuals who may require accommodation for a disability (for example, taking a disclosure over the phone, instead of in writing). It is predicted that this proposal will not benefit specific group of individuals. |
| Target population | Any individual can make a disclosure of wrongdoing to the Office, and any public servant or former public servant can make a complaint of reprisal. The program serves the public interest, by shedding light on serious wrongdoing. |
| Specific demographic group(s) to be monitored | No specific group has been targeted. Confidentiality provisions in our enabling legislation make collection of demographic data impossible. |
| Key program impacts* on gender and diversity | Not available |
| GBA Plus data collection plan | Not available |
Scales
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Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits
| Response to audits conducted by the Public Service Commission of Canada or the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages | There were no external audits in 2025–26 requiring a response. |
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