Acts of Founded Wrongdoing
Confirmed MisconductOfficial findings of government misconduct from federal institutions
Data last updated: February 01, 2026 from Open Canada
What is this? These are confirmed cases of wrongdoing in federal institutions - including gross mismanagement, misuse of public funds, and serious breaches of codes of conduct. Each case has been officially investigated and findings have been made.
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In January 2023, the Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) at the Department of the Environment received a disclosure pertaining to alleged wrongdoing by an executive. Specifically, the follow...
The Department of National Defence (DND) Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) received a disclosure of wrongdoing alleging misconduct under paragraph 8(e) of the Public Servants Disclosure Pr...
The Global Affairs Canada Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure received a disclosure of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA), alleging wrongdoing under section 8 (b...
In the Fall of 2023, the Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received a protected disclosure alleging that an IRCC employee had committ...
The Global Affairs Canada Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) received a disclosure of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) alleging wrongdoing under sectio...
In the Fall of 2023, IRCC’s office of internal disclosures launched an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing committed by an executive at NHQ. In light of additional information uncovered in th...
In June of 2023, the Office of Internal Disclosures launched an investigation to determine whether an IRCC employee committed wrongdoing in relation to his use of the Global Case Management System (GC...
On 16 November 2017, the departmental Internal Disclosure Office (IDO) received a disclosure of wrongdoing pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) pertaining to alleged wrong...
A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, alleging wrongdoing relating to a conflict of interest situation regarding the hiring of a “relative” and other...
The Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) received a disclosure of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, alleging wrongdoing und...