A-2025-001000
HC: Disciplines Stats

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From: Dmitry O. Gorodnichy 

Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2025

Subject: Re: Health Canada Access to Information request A-2025-001000

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Excellent. Thank you

Dmitry

On Wed., Oct. 29, 2025, 09:12 @hc-sc.gc.ca> wrote:

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Hi there,

That is great thank you very much.

How does this look?

1. Aggregate statistics from HR systems on finalized disciplinary measures imposed on Health Canada employees from 2018–2025, by branch, year, nature of misconduct, and type of disciplinary measure (e.g., verbal or written reprimand, suspension with/without pay, including duration where applicable).  If possible please provide data in spreadsheet or table format.

2. Final versions of the Health Canada Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Framework(s) in effect between 2010 and 2025

Thanks!

C

Team Leader, Access to Information and Privacy Division

Corporate Policy & Planning Services Directorate

Corporate Services Branch

Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada / Government of Canada

From: Dmitry O. Gorodnichy
Sent: 2025-10-29
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Subject: Re: Health Canada Access to Information request A-2025-001000

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Dear C
Thank you for your response and suggestions.
As per your suggestions, please:

1. Limit the timeframe to the following past years: 2018-2025

2. Request data by branch only.

3.  Focus on aggregate statistics available in HR systems

4. Yes -  I am seeking finalized disciplinary measures only, and not preliminary allegations.

I also appreciated that the following can be provided more readily:

A ) Copies of the Health Canada Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Frameworks in effect between 2010 and 2025;

B ) Aggregate disciplinary statistics from HR systems for recent years (if maintained)

I am looking forward to hearing from you

Thank you
Dmitry

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM hc-sc.gc.ca> wrote:

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Our file: A-2025-001000 / CMD



Dear Dmitry Gorodnichy:

This is to acknowledge receipt of your request made under the Access to Information Act (the Act) for the following information:

Statistics of disciplinary measures imposed on Health Canada employees from January 2010 to September 2025, by branch, by directorate, by nature of the alleged misconduct, by the extent of the disciplinary measure (verbal reprimand, written reprimand, suspension with pay, suspension without pay, the duration of suspension, without pay if imposed, etc) -provided as a spreadsheet or as a table, with rows sorted by branch, directorate, year, nature of misconduct, and disciplinary measure. Additionally, please provide the Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Framework documents that have been used within this time frame in issuing disciplinary measures. Final versions only.

Your request and application fee were received by our office on October 27, 2025, however, we are unable to proceed with your request as stated as it is currently too broad to be retrieved in its present form. In order to process it effectively, we invite you to consider refining the scope. Specifically, you may wish to:

1. Limit the timeframe (e.g., to the past five years: 2020-2025);  Producing detailed statistics for 15 years would likely require extensive manual review of individual case files, making the request unreasonably burdensome ("too broad" under section 6 of the ATI Act).

2. - Request data by branch only, rather than by both branch and directorate.  Reason being is employee relations and labour relations data are typically not compiled or reported at that level of granularity (by directorate, by nature of misconduct, etc.) across multiple years.  In addition he HR/Labour Relations systems have changed over the years (e.g., migration to PeopleSoft, MyGCHR, etc.), so older data may not be available or structured in a comparable format.

3. - Focus on aggregate statistics available in HR systems (e.g., number of finalized disciplinary actions per year); and

4. - We want to confirm that you are seeking finalized disciplinary measures only, and not preliminary allegations.

We are suggesting these refinements because detailed historical data or record-by-record breakdowns would require significant manual effort and may not exist in a reportable format.

Information that can be provided more readily includes:

A ) Copies of the Health Canada Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Frameworks in effect between 2010 and 2025;

B ) Aggregate disciplinary statistics from HR systems for recent years (if maintained)

The processing of your request will start upon receipt of the required clarification. In the meantime, your request will be put on hold. Should we not hear from you by November 27, 2025, we will consider your request abandoned and the file will be closed.

Please contact the undersigned either by phone at 613-296-4299 or by email at cassie.macandrew@hc-sc.gc.ca, with reference to our file number cited above. In the event that our program officials require clarification of your request in order to properly identify the relevant records, you will be contacted by us.

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CMA

Team Leader, Access to Information and Privacy Division
Corporate Policy & Planning Services Directorate
Corporate Services Branch
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada / Government of Canada