The public registry of compliance documents required under the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons contains Members’ Disclosure Summaries and public statements relating to gifts or other benefits, sponsored travel and material changes. Please note that it only contains documents signed after January 27, 2009, when the forms were adopted by the House of Commons. Documents signed before that date are only available for public inspection in printed form. They may be viewed during normal business hours at 66 Slater Street, 22nd floor, in Ottawa, and are also available to the public on request, by mail or fax.
Within 60 days after notice of their election is published in the Canada Gazette, Members must file with the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner a confidential Disclosure Statement describing their private interests and those of family members. A Disclosure Summary is prepared and placed in the public registry. Each Disclosure Statement is reviewed at least once a year and updated if necessary. If there are no changes to the information that Members are required to make public, no new Disclosure Summary is required; the most recent one remains valid. Members are required to sign a new Disclosure Summary after each election.
Once an individual ceases to be a Member of Parliament, his or her public declaration is removed from the public registry.