Misconduct, discipline in Ottawa

During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, Labour Relations investigated 89 allegations of misconduct at Statistics Canada. Of these, 72 were founded.

Misconduct was categorized into five major themes:

• failure to protect information
• failure to protect and manage public funds
• failure to protect the agency’s reputation
• non-compliance with workplace presence directives
• breaches of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector and Statistics Canada’s Code of Conduct.

The most frequent issues involved failure to protect and manage public funds, non-compliance with workplace presence requirements, and breaches of ethical codes.

Disciplinary actions for public service

The agency reviewed each incident thoroughly “and took all necessary and appropriate measures to address the issues and help prevent future occurrences,” the report states.

Disciplinary measures were rendered in 65 cases, ranging from oral reprimands to suspensions to termination of employment:

• 2 oral reprimands
• 25 written reprimands
• 7 one-day suspensions
• 3 two-day suspensions
• 4 three-day suspensions
• 3 five-day suspensions
• 3 ten-day suspensions
• 2 twenty-day suspensions
• 1 thirty-day suspension
• 15 terminations of employment
  
  

Misconduct in government agencies

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