The papers have been filled with accountability stories. Or rather, the lack of it in the face of obvious corruption or mismanagement. From Quebec, the stories are all about the construction industry corruption inquiry. This has been brewing for months, and almost died. Premier Jean Charest, who had been taking the heat for a while [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/10/31/a-growing-need-for-change/
In late 2009 the City of Montreal set up a whistleblower hot line, and trumpeted the move as a step towards greater accountability. The reality has proved to be quite the opposite. Indeed, the hot line is turning into a parody of best practices. In the first place, it seems that the city left in [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/05/11/media-update-for-may-11-2011/
Federal whistleblower protection law criticised; calls for a rewrite: On Wednesday, there was a press conference arranged by David Hutton, Executive Director of the Federal Accountability Initiative for Reform (FAIR). The conference was held to introduce the FAIR critique of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. The analysis shows the gaping holes which protect wrongdoers [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/02/25/media-update-for-february-25-2011/