Integrity Commissioner

The mandate of the Integrity Commissioner is to ensure that the code of behaviour and ethics governing elected officials is objectively communicated and applied. The Integrity Commissioner conducts inquiries into requests made by a member of the public, Council, or a Member of Council, into whether a Member of Council has contravened any applicable code of conduct.

The Integrity Commissioner works with the Legislative Services Division and Clerk's Office to review current policies and procedures, the Code of Conduct of Members of Council and confidentiality, accountability and transparency regarding City Council.

The City of Pickering appointed a new Integrity Commissioner on July 11, 2022 under Report CLK 04-22.

Jeffrey A. Abrams 
Janice Atwood-Petkovski
PrinciplesIntegrity
Telephone: 647.259.8697
Email: postoffice@principlesintegrity.org

Please contact the City Clerk with any further questions:
T:    905.420.4660 ext. 2019
E:   clerks@pickering.ca

Gifts & Benefits Registry 

In accordance with ADM 070 – Code of Conduct Policy, a Member who receives a gift or benefit of value greater than $200.00, or receives from a single source during a 12-month period gifts and benefits of total value greater than $200.00, shall within 30 days of receipt, file a Disclosure Statement with the City Clerk.

Despite anything else in the Code of Conduct Policy, a Member shall not accept a Gift or Benefit of value greater than $500.00 and shall not accept from a single source during a 12-month period Gifts and Benefits of total value greater than $500.00. This dollar-limit does not apply to: 

• a political contribution offered, accepted, and reported in accordance with applicable law;
• food, lodging, transportation, or entertainment lawfully provided by a government (federal, provincial, local, or foreign) or government agency, or by a not-for-profit organization whose members are governments or government agencies (examples of such a not-for-profit organization include the Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities).;
• food, lodging, transportation, or entertainment lawfully provided by the organizer of a conference, seminar, charity fundraiser, reception, ceremony, cultural event, sporting event, business, or political event where the Member is speaking or attending in an official capacity;
• an invitation from, and at the expense of, a private third party to attend a conference, seminar, charity fundraiser, reception, ceremony, cultural event, or other similar event where the proceeds raised are to support a not-for profit or charity organization provided that the Member is not lobbied at the event;
• reimbursement of a reasonable expense incurred, or an honorarium received, in the performance of activities connected with a public authority, or a municipal association, agency, board, or corporation, including a corporation of which the City is a shareholder or member; and,
• compensation authorized by Council or law.