elected officials

A consistent framework and reporting to the same independent entity helps apply consistent sanctions and accountability across various jurisdictions including elected officials.

“what you will often find in many jurisdictions is that you have one consistent framework that everybody applies to and that everybody reports to the same entity and having that level of independence then really helps to apply the same sanctions consistently and that can then extend to your elected officials”

The Public Service Commission's mandate only extends to the public service; therefore, it cannot apply the same level of scrutiny, independence, and sanctions to elected officials and judiciary members, limiting its effectiveness over broader corruption issues.

“One of the challenges with putting all of these mechanisms within the Public Service Commission is that the Public Service Commission's mandate only extends to the public service. So if we want to apply the same levels of scrutiny, independence, and sanctions to, for example, elected officials, to people within the Judiciary, etc., the Public Service Commission's mandate would not be able to perform that kind of function”