Public service watchdog sounds alarm over funding shortfall to investigate whistleblower complaints

Canada’s Public Sector Integrity Commissioner says the office is struggling to handle ‘unprecedented numbers’ of wrongdoing and reprisal cases, and ‘resources have not kept pace, causing detrimental delays to investigations.’

A lack of funding runs the risk of “completely discrediting, and therefore ruining the impact of a proper whistleblower regime,” says Harriet Solloway, Canada's Public Sector Integrity Commissioner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

January 24, 2026

Canada’s public service watchdog says her office is in a “really dire situation” with an explosion in the volume of complaints received and a persistent budget shortfall, with investigations into wrongdoing and reprisals potentially in jeopardy.

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