Global Affairs Canada

dfatd-maecd - Wrongdoing Cases

Total Cases
20
Confirmed wrongdoing findings

Cases (20)

2024-03-20

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) a misuse of public funds or a public asset and 8...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) recommended the delegated manager, in consultation...
2023-08-02

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 section 8 (e) a serious breach of a Code of Conduct. Th...

Corrective Measures: The executive resigned before the conclusion of the investigation. The Senior Officer for Internal D...
2022-10-14

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) a misuse of public funds or a public asset, (c) ...

Corrective Measures: The senior executive resigned before the conclusion of the investigation. The Senior Officer for Int...
2022-10-12

The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) received a disclosure of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. An investigation determined that a senior executive committed wrongdoing pursuant t...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) recommended that a disciplinary process be conduct...
2022-02-21

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 section 8 (b) a misuse of public funds or a public asset...

Corrective Measures: The employee confessed to the wrongdoing and their employment was terminated as a result. Following ...
2021-12-23

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 section 8 (b) a misuse of public funds or a public asse...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) recommended that a disciplinary process be conduct...
2021-12-08

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 section 8 (b) a misuse of public funds or a public asse...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure recommended the delegated manager conduct a disciplinary ...
2021-11-16

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 section 8 (b) a misuse of public funds or a public asse...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) recommended the employee ceases all commercial act...
2021-10-18

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 section 8 (a) a contravention of any Act of Parliament,...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) recommended the delegated managers conduct a disci...
2021-06-04

The Global Affairs Canada Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) received a disclosure of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. An investigation determined that an employee had committed wrongdoing pursuant to paragra...

Corrective Measures: The employee is no longer working for Global Affairs Canada. The Department also took actions to res...
2021-03-03

An investigation that began on April 22, 2021 and concluded on February 1, 2022 determined that one of our trade commissioners misrepresented a leave request and was granted special leave due to family and medical reasons. It was determined that the ...

Corrective Measures: The employee resigned following the investigation's conclusion.
2021-02-24

The Global Affairs Canada Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) received a disclosure of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, alleging wrongdoing under section 8 (c) (gross mismanagement) and (e) a serious breach of...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) recommended that a disciplinary process be conduct...
2020-12-14

The Global Affairs Canada Senior Officer for Internal Disclosure (SOID) received a disclosure of wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. An investigation determined that a senior executive posted abroad committed wrongdoing pu...

Corrective Measures: A delegated manager addressed the situation with the senior executive who expressed contrition for t...
2020-07-21

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 section 8 (a) a contravention of any Act of Parliament ...

Corrective Measures: The senior executive resigned before the conclusion of the investigation. The Senior Officer for Int...
2018-04-09

On April 9, 2018, the Global Affairs Senior Office for Internal Disclosure received a disclosure alleging wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) against an Executive within the Department, relating to managerial style/...

Corrective Measures: The Deputy Minister has accepted the recommendations and the executive employee resigned before the ...
2018-04-01

Between April and June 2018, the Values and Ethics Unit (ZIBV) received disclosures of wrongdoing against an Executive employee outlining allegations of gross mismanagement and serious breaches of the Values and Ethics Code, which would breach paragr...

Corrective Measures: Administrative measures were taken against the executive employee by the delegated authority during ...
2017-10-31

In October 2017, the Office of Values and Ethics and Workplace Wellbeing received a disclosure of wrongdoing against an Executive employee alleging inappropriate language and behaviour. As a result of an investigation, most allegations of inappropria...

Corrective Measures: Administrative and disciplinary measures were taken against the employee. Actions were also taken by...
2013-08-09

A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (Act), alleging that an employee of Global Affairs Canada (Department), had committed wrongdoing under the Act. An investigation was conducted by the Department w...

Corrective Measures: A Departmental investigation found that the case disclosed in 2013-14 should, in fact, be divided in...
2009-03-19

A public servant of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has been found to have acted in a way to serve their private interests rather than to serve public interests, to have abused their power; to have made several embarrassing ...

2007-05-01

A public servant of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has been found to have failed to report to DFAIT authorities an automobile accident involving an official vehicle. This public servant has also been found to have i...

Corrective Measures: Following an investigation, the public servant was immediately relieved of his functions, a discipli...