I link below an excellent piece on whistleblowing in Canada – one that speaks to that part of the Canadian psyche which dislikes dissent and those who make waves – no matter how much wave-making might be needed. The author is quite blunt: A lot of the people I have spoken with seem to feel [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/06/09/story-of-day-canadians-still-don%e2%80%99t-like-whistleblowers/
The soldier who most consider to be the whistleblower responsible for the massive U.S. diplomatic cables leak on WikiLeaks is being put through the meat grinder. Bradley Manning has not been charged with 22 new charges, one of which potentially carries the death penalty. It’s unlikely that the U.S. will actually ask for the death [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/03/05/media-update-for-march-5-2011/
After yesterday’s post on WikiLeaks, I follow up with a trio of stories about freedom of information in Canada’s provinces. Every province has it’s own law governing the disclosure of government and information, known either as freedom of information or access to information laws. They vary in efficacy, too: While New Brunswick was the first [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/02/07/media-update-for-january-7-2011/