Ms. Sandy Tremblay at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 12th, 2023. See this statement in context.

May 12th, 2023 / 10:35 a.m.

Director, Corporate Management, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

The surplus last year was basically due to salary.

As I mentioned earlier, over 80% of our budget is for salaries. We had some delays in staffing last year. We had a little bit of a higher turnover rate last year, so we had to fill these vacant positions. That is mostly what caused the surplus last year.

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