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CJSR Radio Edmonton: David Hutton on new whistleblowing report

Topics: 
Alberta, Legislation, Audio, David Hutton
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0
David Hutton
David Hutton
David Hutton, executive director of FAIR

CJSR-FM Edmonton – May 22, 2013

Matt Hirji of Edmonton University campus radio station CJSR-FM interviews David Hutton about the government's new whistleblowing law and Hutton's recently-published paper about whistleblower protection in Alberta.

The Parkland Institute has just published a research paper written by Hutton entitled Shooting the Messenger: The Need for Effective Whistleblower Protection in Alberta. This confirms earlier suspicions that Alberta's new whistleblowing law is very weak – essentially worthless – and, based on a study of other jurisdictions, sets out what needs to happen in Alberta to get effective laws passed.

Contractor whistleblower in fight with Public Works after asbestos exposure

Topics: 
Prisons, Workplace conditions, Public health & safety, Public Works, PSIC, Mario Dion, Asbestos industry, Audio
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5

Julie Ireton – April 25, 2013

Don Garrett says it should have been one of the simplest construction jobs he'd ever done. Instead, the British Columbia contractor said he was exposed to high levels of asbestos, almost lost his business and has been fighting with federal government bureaucrats for more than three years.

"I was taking this material home, it was on my clothes. I didn’t know I was dealing with asbestos so it entered my household," said Garrett. Garrett owns a construction business in Hope, B.C. In 2009, he was contracted by Public Works Government Services Canada to replace 160 sinks and toilets inside the Kent Institution — a maximum security, federal prison in B.C.'s Fraser Valley.

CBC "As It Happens": Ed Schmidt on alleged Department of Justice illegality

Topics: 
Justice Department, Audio, Whistleblowers, Government ethics
Rating: 
5
Edgar Schmidt

CBC Radio – January 16, 2013

Carol Off interviews Edgar Schmidt, a senior Department of Justice lawyer, who alleges that for years the Department was breaking the law by failing to properly screen new legislation for compliance with the Charter.

Having raised his concerns repeatedly to those responsible without success, he went to court to ask for clarification, as a public servant, regarding whether the instructions isssued to him and his colleagues are legal. He was immediately suspended without pay.

Edmonton local radio: David Hutton on Alberta's new whistleblower law

Topics: 
Alberta, Legislation, Audio, David Hutton
Rating: 
3
David Hutton
David Hutton
David Hutton, executive director of FAIR

630CHED Radio Edmonton – November 5, 2012

Dave Rutherford of Edmonton local radio station 630CHED interviews David Hutton on the subject of the government's proposed new Whistleblower law, tabled in the legislature last week.

FAIR has just published a detailed analysis of the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act, and has identified many serious loopholes and shortcomings. FAIR has concluded that this bill does the opposite of what it claims by protecting the government, not whistleblowers or the public.

Offshore banking: A Canadian perspective

Topics: 
White-collar crime, Financial industry, Audio
Rating: 
3

The Current – August 16, 2012

Offshore Bank Accounts - Tax Justice Network, James Henry

If you like sun and surf and hate taxes, the Cayman Islands may be for you. It's one of the few countries in the world that has no income tax. Finding employment may be a problem -- unless you're in the banking business. In that case, you might be overworked.

According to a new report, the amount of money hiding in off-shore tax havens is staggering -- between 20 and 30 Trillion dollars -- or about 10 per cent of all the money in the world.

CBC "As It Happens": the Conservatives' record on whistleblower protection

Topics: 
David Hutton, PSDPA, Legislation, Audio
Rating: 
4.5
David Hutton
David Hutton

CBC Radio – May 17, 2012

Carol Off interviews David Hutton on the subject of Canada's federal whistleblower protection, the Conservative government's track record on this issue, and the now-overdue five-year review of the law.

Five years ago the government introduced legislation to protect public service employees should they come forward with a complaint or a claim of wrongdoing. The law was billed as the “Mount Everest” of whistleblower protection. Now the mountain is in danger of becoming a molehill.

Interview with Bruce Livesey: Thieves of Bay Street

Topics: 
White-collar crime, OSC, Regulatory oversight, Financial industry, IMET, Audio
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0

The Current – April 13, 2012

Bruce Livesey

Are we immune from a Wall Street style meltdown? A controversial book raises doubts that our banking and financial system is somehow morally superior and more secure than our American neighbours. It suggests that not only are Canada's Captains of the money industry capable of corruption, the system does little to protect you from them.

When the financial and real estate markets melted down in 2008, Canada's banks became super heroes. They were the envy of the world celebrated models of responsibility and prudence. It seemed to suggest the worst economic crisis in half-a-century demonstrated how lucky we were to have our financial futures invested in this country.

Whistleblower watchdog's first find: government employee misused funds

Topics: 
PSIC, Corruption, Audio, Mario Dion
Rating: 
5

CBC News – March 8, 2012

The federal integrity commissioner has found that a Service Canada manager in Manitoba misused public funds and assets.

Mario Dion's report into the wrongdoings, which was released Thursday in Ottawa, finds that the manager sold items from her her personal fitness business to the federal government — including water bottles priced at $80 each.

Credit rating agencies lack credibility: author

Topics: 
Financial industry, Conflict of interest, Audio
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2

CBC Radio Sunday Edition – January 22, 2012

Late last week, the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded nine countries in the European Union. Being downgraded is akin to being judged and found wanting ... and the countries in question were none too happy about it.

But who are these credit rating agencies, and who's rating their work? After all, aren't they the same bunch that missed the warning signs for the near economic apocalypse of late 2008?

Tough Task Of Protecting America's Whistleblowers

Topics: 
USA, Office of Special Counsel, Watchdogs, Audio
Rating: 
2

January 5, 2012

Carolyn Lerner is hoping to bring the U.S. Office of Special Counsel out of its many years of obscurity within the federal government. The OSC aims to protect whistleblowers, eliminate government waste and protect federal workers from discrimination.

National Public Radio host Michel Martin speaks with Lerner, who's been heading OSC for six months.

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