Help Improve Government Accountability in Ontario

The Ontario Auditor General conducts value-for-money audits to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and effectively. If you've witnessed wasteful government spending, procurement irregularities, or inefficient use of public resources, your tip could lead to meaningful change.

This Ontario Government Waste Audit Tip Submission Form provides a secure, structured way to report concerns about government spending to support the Auditor General's oversight mandate. Whether you're a government employee, contractor, concerned citizen, or industry professional, your insights can help identify areas where Ontario's public sector can improve accountability and deliver better value to taxpayers.

What Types of Tips Are Valuable?

Value-for-money audit tips can cover a wide range of concerns, including:

• Wasteful spending on programs, services, or projects that deliver poor outcomes
• Procurement irregularities such as sole-sourcing without justification, bid manipulation, or contract favouritism
• Asset mismanagement including underutilized facilities, excessive vehicle fleets, or poorly maintained equipment
• Duplication of services across ministries, agencies, or levels of government
• Staffing inefficiencies such as overstaffing, excessive overtime, or questionable consultant expenses
• IT project overruns with inadequate oversight or poor vendor management
• Grant and subsidy misuse where funding doesn't reach intended recipients or achieve stated goals

Why Use Paperform for Audit Tips?

Paperform makes it easy to collect detailed, structured information that supports thorough investigation. The form includes conditional logic to capture relevant details based on the type of concern you're reporting, ensuring investigators have the context they need without overwhelming you with irrelevant questions.

For government oversight bodies and watchdog organizations, Paperform offers SOC 2 Type II compliance and robust security features to protect whistleblower anonymity when needed. You can also integrate submissions with Stepper (stepper.io) to automatically route high-priority tips to investigators, send acknowledgment emails, and track the status of each submission through your internal review process—all without manual data entry.

Whether you're setting up an official tip line for the Auditor General's office or creating an internal audit function within a provincial ministry, this template provides a professional foundation that builds public trust while streamlining your investigative workflow.