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Apr 27, 2020 · Without robust whistleblower protection, Canadian companies and the country’s public service are losing out on a primary source of information. According to a 2018 report from the U.S.-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 40 per cent of occupational frauds become known through tips, and about half of those come from employees.
- The Devastating Impacts of Covid-19
- Post-Crisis Damage Control
- Swept Under The Carpet
COVID-19 wreaked havoc on Canada’s provincial health-care systems, with particularly egregious failures in long-term care. After military medical personnel were called to intervene in Ontario and Québec, a whistleblower leaked an internal report describing a nightmare of neglect. A doctor who also spoke upabout the Ontario government’s vacillating ...
The problem may not just be in the drafting of these laws. My own research into dozens of jurisdictionssuggests that governments adopt whistleblowing laws largely as a symbolic measure to bolster legitimacy — usually after a crisis. Politicians push the legislation, but once the crisis has passed they turn to other priorities. This puts bureaucrats...
This facilitates rewarding officials who project an image of error-free administration and who obey without question. Since not making mistakes is almost impossible and blind obedience is dangerous, this effectively incentivizes living in a fantasy world where misconduct is promptly swept under the carpet. Persistent dissenters quickly become viewe...
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Law360 Canada (March 12, 2024, 11:07 AM EDT) -- They’ve been lionized — and sometimes villainized. But corporate whistleblowers in Canada are gradually gaining greater protection as more companies introduce in-house informant programs to reduce the risk of wrongdoing, say researchers in the field. The trend comes despite Canada’s ...
Jan 31, 2024 · International Civil Society Letter to Canadian Leaders Urges Reform of Ineffective Whistleblower Law 31 January 2024 The letter sent today (31st January 2024) by WIN and supported by 16 national and international organisations, calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the leaders of all the main parties to support the adoption of Bill C-290, as a first step towards reform of Canada’s ...
May 16, 2022 · This report was prepared for the TI-Canada Legal Committee to assist it in better understanding the state of whistleblower protection in Canada as compared to other jurisdictions and the extent to which different whistleblower protection mechanisms could effectively support the battle against corruption.
Jan 28, 2022 · Published Jan. 28, 2022 9:15 a.m. PST. Share. Canada ranks among the worst in the world when it comes to protecting whistleblowers, according to a recent report. The Washington-based Government ...
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The 2023 session of Parliament resumes with Canada’s antiquated, dysfunctional, and discredited whistleblower protection law still in place—and no credible government plan to fix it anytime soon. Meanwhile, a landmark decision in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) illustrates dramatically how far our democracy has fallen behind the rest of the world on this issue.
