Canada's public service integrity watchdog says it's so overwhelmed with tips about wrongdoing, from mismanagement to violations of departmental codes of conduct,that it needs to double its budget just to keep up.

The federaltelecommunications and broadcasting regulator has been criticized for offering assigned office space as a prize for a charity fundraiser. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says it showed the government is "completely out of touch'" with workers upset over the return-to-office directive.

Public Services and Procurement Canada says it made an offer to buy Wellington Street, but the city hasn't come back with either a refusal or a counter-offer.