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General information by commission

The purpose of the following statement is to present general information for each commission involved in a public inquiry or investigation.

**Table 1General information by commission**^{Links to footnote * in table 1}
(in dollars)
Department and agency	Members		Other salaries	Other expenditures	Total
Department and agency	Salaries	Travel and living costs^{Links to footnote 1 in table 1}	Other salaries	Other expenditures	Total
Privy Council
Privy Council Office
Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions	–	57,769	1,420,817	7,665,460	9,144,046
This Commission was established by Order in Council (Privy Council (P.C.) 2023–0882 dated September 7, 2023) pursuant to Part I of the Inquiries Act. The mandate is to examine and assess interference by China, Russia and other foreign state or non-state actors, including any potential impacts on the 43rd and 44th general elections at the national and electoral district levels; the flow of information about foreign interference within government and to decision-makers before, during and after those elections; Government's capacity to detect, deter and counter foreign interference; and to make recommendations to better protect federal democratic processes from foreign interference.
Public Inquiry into the 2022 Public Order Emergency	–	3,207	121,209	95,736	220,152
This Commission was established by Order in Council (Privy Council (P.C.) 2022–0392 dated April 25, 2022) pursuant to Part I of the Inquiries Act, and in accordance with subsection 63(1) of the Emergencies Act. The Commission was mandated to examine and report on the circumstances that led to the declaration of a public order emergency being issued for the period of February 14 to 23, 2022 and to make recommendations on the use and any necessary modernization of the Emergencies Act, and any areas for further study or review.
Joint Public Inquiry into the Nova Scotia April 2020 Tragedy	9,427	–	194,559	302,923	506,909
This Commission was established by Order in Council (Privy Council (P.C.) 2020–0822 dated October 21, 2020) pursuant to Part I of the Inquiries Act. Launched jointly by the Government of Canada and the Government of Nova Scotia, this Commission is investigating the largest mass shooting in Canadian history to determine what happened and to make recommendations to avoid such tragic events in the future
Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Federal Electoral Boundaries Commissions	94,206	17,741	994,820	(negative 37,092)	1,069,675
These Independent Commissions, one per province, were established by Order in Council (Privy Council (P.C.) 2021–0953 dated November 1, 2021) in accordance with the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. The commission's mandate is to consider and report on the readjustment of the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons required to be made at the end of each decennial census. The term of each commission depends on the date its final report is completed.
Table 1 notes Table note * The dash means that the amount is 0 or is rounded to 0. Return to table note * referrer in Table 1 Table note 1 For details related to current year expenditures, refer to the following statement called "Travel and living costs by commission". Return to table note 1 referrer in Table 1

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Date modified:: 2025-02-20