I think we can look at a ladder of sanctions, because some offences are worse than others. Other laws leave discretion to judges or courts to impose appropriate and proportionate penalties.
I absolutely agree with changing the ladder of fines to have higher fines in certain cases. Some connections might be made. For example, an offence could result in the loss of security clearance, which is quite severe for someone in the public sector, because one can't work without that clearance.
The Canada Elections Act has a fairly strict regime. People can be barred from running as a candidate for a period of seven years. I can see a fairly serious violation of the Conflict of Interest Act leading directly to a sanction that would prevent someone from running as a candidate in an election. I think that's pretty serious.
We mustn't forget the Criminal Code. All the penalties in the Criminal Code can be considered. The commissioner can refer cases to the police and the Crown prosecutor.