"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

Martin Luther King

 Truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it; but, in the end; there it is.

Sir Winston Churchill

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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What is the Public Service Integrity Officer?

The Public Service Integrity Officer (PSIO) is a neutral, third-party agent who is available to deal with disclosures of wrongdoing an employee believes cannot be raised internally, or have not been dealt with adequately, within a department or agency. The PSIO will review and investigate disclosures and make recommendations for action. The Policy on the Internal Disclosure of Information Concerning Wrongdoing in the Workplace states that disclosure reports by employees will be treated in an appropriate, fair, timely and confidential manner...Read More

 

The telephone number of the Public Service Integrity Officer is: 613-941-6400 and the e mail address is integritas@psio-bifp.gc.ca .

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Who is the Public Service Integrity Officer?

(i.e. for the entire Public Service)

(Important note:  Discuss matters of concern with your Departmental Integrity Officer First - see links below to identify your Departmental Officer)

Curriculum Vitae
Edward W. Keyserlingk, LL.M., Ph.D.

The Public Service Integrity Officer

Professor Edward Keyserlingk has graduate degrees in ethics from the Université de Montréal and McGill University, and a graduate degree in law from the Faculty of Law, McGill University.

From 1975 to 1985 he was director of the health and environmental law department of the Law Reform Commission of Canada, and lecturer in health law at Carleton University...Read More

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Also read the Treasury Board Policy on Policy on the Internal Disclosure of Information Concerning Wrongdoing in the Workplace

From pamphlet entitled Policy on the Internal Disclosure of Information Concerning Wrongdoing in the Workplace:

Reprisals against an employee making a disclosure will not be tolerated and could result in disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal...

Managers will promote openness and will address concerns coming from all levels and will be proactive in protecting employees, who are disclosing a wrongdoing, from reprisals...

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