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Another whistleblower bites the dust

Topics: Whistleblowers, PSDPA, Mario Dion, PSIC, Government ethicsRating: 0Ian Bron – November 18, 2013Three weeks ago, Sylvie Therrien, a federal Employment Insurance fraud investigator, was fired for...

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Jamaica: whistleblowing watchdog in limbo, denied funding

Topics: Watchdogs, Government ethicsRating: 0Livern Barrett – November 5, 2013The agency that has oversight responsibility for the whistle-blower act yesterday revealed that it is still not in...

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South Africa: The Auditor and the Hitmen

Topics: Africa, Whistleblowers, Reprisals, Government ethicsRating: 0Jane Duncan – November 6, 2013Last month, forensic auditor Lawrence Moepi was killed in a suspected hit, which happened as he...

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Latvia: Is the case against "Neo" a warning to whistleblowers?

Topics: Eastern Europe, Whistleblowers, Government ethicsRating: 0Mike Collier, Zanda Zablovska – November 6, 2013Attempts to take an acclaimed Latvian whistleblower to court more than three years...

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Harper government's extensive spying on anti-oilsands groups

Topics: State surveillance, Oil & gas industry, CSIS & CSEC, Government ethicsRating: 0Matthew Millar – November 19, 2013The federal government has been vigorously spying on anti-oil sands...

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NEB statement on board's involvement in oil sands activist spying

Topics: State surveillance, Oil & gas industry, Regulatory oversight, Government ethicsRating: 0CBC's The Current  received a written statement from the the National Energy Board after mentioning a...

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The Whistleblower: Edgar Schmidt

Topics: Whistleblowers, Justice Department, Government ethicsRating: 0Roderick Macdonell – November-December 2013Last December, Edgar Schmidt, the general counsel in the Legislative Services Branch of...

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Conservative staffer stood his ground against PMO on secret Duffy plan

Topics: Political misconduct, Whistleblowers, Government ethicsRating: 0Jennifer Ditchburn – November 21, 2013In a scandal where even seasoned MPs and senators were persuaded to sing from the PMO...

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Cyberbullying bill a Trojan horse: critics

Topics: State surveillance, Government ethics, PrivacyRating: 0November 21, 2013Civil libertarians say the federal government's new cyberbullying bill will erode Internet privacy by reviving many...

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Opinion: the staffer who said ‘no’ to Duffy cover-up

Topics: Whistleblowers, Government ethics, Political misconductRating: 0Mohammed Adam – November 23, 2013Quite often in our darkest moments, we look for silver linings. We do this to keep up hope...

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Silence of the Labs: the ideological shutting down of Canadian science

Topics: Science, Government ethicsRating: 2The Fifth Estate – January 10, 2014Scientists across the country are expressing growing alarm that federal cutbacks to research programs monitoring areas that...

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Opinion:The Ethical Bureaucrat’s Dilemma

Topics: Government ethics, Professional ethicsRating: 0Ian Bron – January 27, 2014Several weeks ago I published a piece on the Hill Times website commenting on the failure of the federal government’s...

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Quotas to oust refugees 'outrageous'

Topics: Civil rights, Government ethicsRating: 2Tobi Cohen – January 22, 2014The Canada Border Services Agency has set a quota to try to strip at least 875 refugees of their status this fiscal year —...

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Police raid home of man PMO endorsed to head Montreal port

Topics: Quebec, Corruption, Appointments process, Government ethicsRating: 3Daniel Leblanc – April 9, 2014Quebec’s anti-corruption unit has raided the home of a former municipal bureaucrat who was once...

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Conservative staffers interfered in access to information, commissioner finds

Topics: Access to information, Watchdogs, Government transparency, Government ethicsRating: 3Jennifer Ditchburn – April 10, 2014The information commissioner of Canada has found evidence of “systemic...

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