Federal workers are increasingly cynical, skeptical and disillusioned about the idea of reporting wrongdoing in the public service, says a recent survey.
CBC News emailed the integrity commissioner requesting disclosure details on Julie Green and her association with the local funeral home. An hour after sending the request, CBC News received an email from Green thanking the integrity commissioner for the heads up.
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Whistleblower Laws Fall Woefully Short, Says Longtime Advocate
Federal and provincial laws designed to protect whistleblowers are woefully inadequate, says an advocate who has worked for stronger whistleblower protection for over a decade.
David Hutton, a senior fellow at Ryerson University’s Centre for Free Expression Whistleblowing Initiatives (CFEWI), says the federal Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) has numerous significant problems.
“It’s just loaded with loopholes,” Hutton said in an interview. “It’s like a car that doesn’t have wheels and has no transmission, doesn’t have an engine, doesn’t have a gas tank I mean, it’s completely useless.”