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Update on the OSC Whistleblower Program 2016 to 2022

Ontario Securities Commission · Government · 2022 · Canada

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What is left

Bar chart of annual tips FY2018-FY2022: the bar values are not printed in the text or alt text, and the image is not stored (only alt text in the HTML); fetch the image (/sites/default/files/.../Whistleblower Report Tips Bar Graph v4...) and read the values if printed. Highlights image alt text is cut off in the source after the fourth highlight, so the fifth highlight is unknown. Not extracted for want of an indicator (needs a decision): tip growth rates (17% average annual increase from FY2018; 89% more tips in FY2022 than FY2018) and outreach (approximately 7,000 individuals reached through more than 100 presentations).

What the document holds

OSC web page 'Update on the OSC Whistleblower Program 2016 to 2022' (data to 31 Mar 2022; published 9 Mar 2023 per the 20 Mar 2023 news release): Office of the Whistleblower (626 hotline calls; outreach to ~7,000 individuals through 100+ presentations); awards ($9.33 million to 11 whistleblowers; ~$48 million in sanctions and voluntary payments against 19 respondents; recipients' profiles in words only); how awards are determined (5-15%, $1M threshold, $5M cap, $1.5M not contingent on collections, CEO discretion, appeals must expire); tips (797 tips from 840+ whistleblowers, 93% online; 17% average annual growth, +89% FY2022 vs FY2018; misconduct-type pie chart; 50%/33% of securities tips naming public companies/registrants; geography 63% Ontario, 17% rest of Canada, 15% US/Australia/UK/China, 30 countries; internal reporting 63% and 84%); protections; looking ahead (planned policy amendments). Images: highlights, award process, tips bar chart, misconduct pie chart, world map; numbers taken from alt text where printed. Already recorded: awards, individuals, sanctions, tips total, cap and threshold rules, launch and look-ahead events. Added 19 observations and 5 rules.

What it supports

33 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.

23 numbers 1 programme 7 rules 2 events

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Programmes (1)

Ontario Securities Commission Whistleblower Program (OSC Policy 15-601)Launched 14 Jul 2016ActiveCanada

Reward rules (7)

Timeline (2)

About the document

What it covers Five-year review: awards paid ($9.33 million to 11 whistleblowers), sanctions in award cases (~$48 million), tips (797 as of 31 Mar 2022), award rules.

Notes Data as of March 31, 2022. Amounts are Canadian dollars (OSC page; '