Federal government recorded 2,600 cases of employee misconduct or wrongdoing last year, 145 terminated
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The federal government recorded more than 2,600 cases of employee misconduct and wrongdoing last year, resulting in at least 145 terminations and 783 suspensions without pay.
The misconduct and wrongdoing allegations run the gamut from sleeping on duty to sexual harassment, racial discrimination, workplace violence, privacy breaches, timesheet fraud, inappropriate social media posts and the theft of government property like computers and cellphones.
While termination was the most severe consequence, public servants were also subject to 705 written reprimands and 1,048 other disciplinary or administrative measures, including demotion, rejection of probation, mandatory training and financial penalties.
“Taxpayers pay the bills so taxpayers deserve this transparency to know what is going on in the bureaucracy that we’re paying for,” Canadian Taxpayers Federation director Franco Terrazzano told CTVNews.ca. “Without proper transparency, taxpayers aren’t able to hold the government and politicians accountable.”
In 2024, Ottawa directed federal departments and agencies to begin creating annual reports on employee misconduct and wrongdoing. According to Canada’s Privy Council Office, which issued the directive, 72 federal organizations committed to follow though.
By contacting those and several others, CTVNews.ca obtained reports from 38 government departments, agencies and offices, which together comprise about 80 per cent of the federal public service. While many of these reports were quietly released online, some were only published internally. The data primarily covers the 2024-25 fiscal year, which runs from April 2024 to the end of March 2025.
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