Allan Cutler

Why I didn’t apply for Christiane Ouimet’s job

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Allan Cutler – October 24, 2011

It was last October that Christiane Ouimet resigned as Canada’s first public sector integrity commissioner. In three years, with a staff of more than 20 and with a budget of more than $6.5-million, she was unable to find a single whistleblower in a public service of more than 400,000 employees.

In contrast, our organization, Canadians for Accountability—with a very limited budget and staffed only by volunteers—managed to meet and validated more than 100 potential whistleblowers in the same period. Not surprisingly, some of them had tried to report the situation to the integrity commissioner with disastrous results.

Shooting the messenger: Why Canadians don’t often blow the whistle on wrongdoing

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Suanne Kelman – June 2011

When WikiLeaks funnelled endless secret documents to the press last year, there was only one possible reaction for all true Canadians: an immediate, obsessive hunt for evidence that we exist.

Fortunately, we could breathe a sigh of relief after the first comb-through: not only did we show up in a lot of diplomatic cables, but Julian Assange’s outfit eventually released a list of our most important and sensitive infrastructure and resources in case anyone wanted to attack.

Time for Commissioner Ouimet to blow the whistle

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Hill Times: 25 May 2009

Re: "Time for some bold leadership in Public Service Integrity Commissioner's Office," (The Hill Times, May 18, p. 10).

Canadians for Accountability supports FAIR's views on the Public Service Integrity Commissioner's second report, expressed in last week's issue of The Hill Times. The current Commissioner, Christiane Ouimet, is failing in her mandate.

Ms. Ouimet's second report wasn't a complete surprise. We had already heard from concerned government employees that her office was refusing to investigate complaints. One disclosed to us that when she tried to submit a complaint, she was made to feel like the wrongdoer.

"Talk Ottawa" on Whistleblowing

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The popular local TV call-in show Talk Ottawa, hosted Talk Ottawa TVby James Hendricks, explores whistleblowing.
Featuring guests: Allan Cutler, the Sponsorship Scandal whistleblower; David Hutton, Executive Director of FAIR; and Penny Collennette, former Liberal advisor and candidate in the 2008 election campaign. (December 2nd, 2008)

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