| Updated February 16, 2021
Photo courtesy of Joanna Gualtieri
Photo of former government whistleblower Joanna Gualtieri that accompanied news articles when she raised flags about government spending in 1998.
Rather than being disappointed, former government whistleblower Joanna Gualtieri says she resents Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s non-committal response as to why he won’t beef up protections for public servants brave enough to flag what they believe to be wrongdoing.
“It’s even more dangerous than keeping his mouth shut,” she said of Trudeau’s response to HuffPost Canada’s queries last week about the much-criticized whistleblower law.
“I resent tremendously, because it just gives the illusion of a commitment. But that’s all it is, an illusion because nothing changes,” she said.