| Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada | |
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| Commissariat à l’intégrité du secteur public du Canada | |
Incumbent since September 27, 2023Harriet Solloway | |
| Abbreviation | PSIC |
| Reports to | Parliament of Canada |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor in Council |
| Term length | 7 years renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act |
| First holder | Christiane Ouimet |
| Bureau du Commissaire à l'intégrité du secteur public | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Employees | 28 |
| Annual budget | $5.6 million (2019)[1] |
| Website | www |
The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada is one of the Independent Oversight Offices created as part of the Canadian Federal Accountability Act. The Office investigates wrongdoing in the federal public sector and helps protect whistleblowers, and those who participate in investigations, from reprisal. Harriet Solloway is the current Commissioner, named on September 27, 2023.[2]
The Office is an independent federal organization created in 2007 under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, is led by a Commissioner who reports directly to Parliament, and has jurisdiction over most federal public sector organizations, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Crown Corporations. The Canadian Forces, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Communications Security Establishment are exempt but must establish their own internal disclosure regime.
The Act is intended to address wrongdoing that could seriously impact the public's confidence in the integrity of the public service. Reports of founded wrongdoing are presented before the House of Commons and the Senate in accordance with the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.[3]
- ^ "GC InfoBase". www.tbs-sct.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "About the Commissioner". Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner. Nov 4, 2015. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved Dec 13, 2017.
- ^ "Case Reports - findings of wrongdoing". Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved Dec 13, 2017.