Plan at a Glance - 2024–25 Departmental Plan

The Departmental Plan describes a department’s priorities, plans and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.

Read the full Departmental Plan.

Key priorities

The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada (the Office) plans to achieve these results by focusing on the following priorities for 2024–25:

Timeliness and effectiveness

  • Build an operational capacity to control the significant increase in the number of disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal and continue the efforts to support retention of staff by promoting a positive and flexible work environment.
  • Review and update the current intake analysis process in order to increase efficiency.
  • Launch a new case management system and train employees to use it.

Awareness and access to information

  • Participate strategically in events targeted to public servants and stakeholders.
  • Complete a comprehensive redesign of the Office’s website.

Refocusing government spending

In Budget 2023, the government committed to reducing spending by $14.1 billion over the next five years, starting in 2023–24, and by $4.1 billion annually after that.

While not officially part of this spending reduction exercise, the Office will respect the spirit and intent of this exercise by maximizing internal flexibilities. The Office, as a micro-organization with a single mandate, has been operating within its budget since its inception in 2007.

Highlights

A Departmental Results Framework consists of an organization’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.

Public sector disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal

Departmental results:

  • Public sector disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal are dealt with in a timely and effective manner.
  • Public servants and members of the public are aware of the Office and have access to information to make an informed decision about disclosures of wrongdoing and/or complaints of reprisal.

Planned spending: $3,807,679

Planned human resources: 24.5 full-time equivalents

In 2024–25, to ensure that disclosure of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal are dealt with in a timely and effective manner, and to deal with an ever-growing influx of new files, the Office will improve its operational capacity and support the retention of staff. To support this effort, a new case management system will also be launched. Furthermore, the Office will build awareness and improve comprehension of the federal whistleblowing regime by participating in events targeted to public servants and stakeholders and by launching a redesign of the Office’s website.

More information about Public sector disclosures of wrongdoing and complaints of reprisal can be found in the full Departmental Plan.