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Groups call for 10 questions to be answered about Government’s plan to appoint toothless whistleblower watchdog Join the Facebook
group to get the $500,000 back, and to
strengthen the federal whistleblower protection
system
OTTAWA—This afternoon the Government Operations Committee is scheduled to question Mario Dion, the PM’s choice for Integrity Commissioner to replace former commissioner Christiane Ouimet, who resigned in disgrace after the AG found that she was not doing her job,and was rewarded with a $500,000 payout. The Canadian whistleblower charity
FAIR is calling for 10
questions about this nomination to be fully
answered by Mr. Dion and the government. This call is
supported by other accountability groups including
Canadians for Accountability and Democracy Watch. The committee meeting will take place in room 237C, Centre Block, between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm and will be televised. Numerous whistleblowers and observers will be present including Joanna Gualtieri, Allan Cutler, Shiv Chopra, Sean Bruyea and David Hutton, and will be available to the media before and after the meeting to record their observations. - 30 -
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Tyler Sommers, Coordinator of Democracy Watch or Duff
Conacher, Board member of Democracy Watch and
Chairperson of the Government
Ethics Coalition David Hutton, Executive Director, FAIR (Federal
Accountability Initiative for Reform)
Allan Cutler, President, Canadians
for Accountability
To see the December
2010 report on former disgraced Integrity Commissioner
Christiane Ouimet by Auditor General Sheila Fraser, click
here. To see the list of
needed reforms to the Public
Servants Disclosure Protection Act, click here. Democracy Watch's Open Government Campaign page and Government Ethics Campaign page
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