Department of National Defence

Why it is here

Department of National Defence is listed because the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada reported a founded case of wrongdoing there to Parliament (September 2023). The Commissioner found that the Department of National Defence committed wrongdoing: findings of wrongdoing in the Department and the Canadian Armed Forces were not made public promptly, as the Act requires, and whistleblowers were not informed of the outcome. The Commissioner found this a contravention of the law and gross mismanagement (paragraphs 8(a) and 8(c) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act).

Case report of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada, tabled in Parliament: after investigating a disclosure from a public servant or a member of the public, the Commissioner found wrongdoing in the federal organization under section 8 of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (contravention of a law, misuse of public funds, gross mismanagement, danger to life, health or safety, or a serious breach of a code of conduct).

Details

Federal organization

Department of National Defence

Authority

Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada

Decision

Finding of wrongdoing

Finding, in plain words

The Commissioner found that the Department of National Defence committed wrongdoing: findings of wrongdoing in the Department and the Canadian Armed Forces were not made public promptly, as the Act requires, and whistleblowers were not informed of the outcome. The Commissioner found this a contravention of the law and gross mismanagement (paragraphs 8(a) and 8(c) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act).

Tabled

September 2023

Source

https://psic-ispc.gc.ca/en/results/case-report-department-national-defence-september-2023

Licence

Case reports tabled in Parliament by the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada (psic-ispc.gc.ca)