Charities & non-profits

ORNGE sets up policy to protect whistleblowers in wake of scandal

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Charities & non-profits, Anti-corruption efforts, Corporate ethics, Health care
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Kevin Donovan – December 27, 2012

ORNGE employees who want to blow the whistle on poor company practices can do so without fear of discipline or being fired, the air ambulance firm announced Thursday. In setting up its new “whistleblower policy,” ORNGE hopes to avoid the problems that the former management’s secrecy allowed to fester.

“We are truly committed to continuous improvement at ORNGE, and that means everyone should feel free to come forward with concerns, without fear of reprisal,” said Ron McKerlie, interim president and CEO of ORNGE. “Our new whistleblower policy will promote integrity throughout the organization.”

Ornge implements policy to protect whistleblowers

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Charities & non-profits, Health care, Anti-corruption efforts, Ontario
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December 27, 2012

Ontario's embattled air ambulance service says it is taking steps to protect whistleblowers as it strives to bounce back from a series of scandals, including a criminal investigation.

Ornge says it is implementing a new whistleblower policy that will allow employees to voice their concerns in a confidential manner without fear of reprisal.

Ornge settles lawsuit with ex-employee who alleged whistleblowing got her fired

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Whistleblowers, Victories, Health care, Charities & non-profits, Ontario
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4

December 11, 2012

Ontario's scandal-plagued air ambulance service has settled a lawsuit with a former employee who alleged she was fired for being a whistleblower.

Lisa Kirbie sued Ornge only about six weeks ago, but a spokesman for the arm's-length provincial agency says the case has now been resolved, though details of the settlement are confidential.

Toronto police find truckloads of toys, donations allegedly stolen from Salvation Army

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Charities & non-profits, Corruption
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3
The following are selected extracts

The Canadian Press – November 24, 2012

Toronto police have recovered a massive cache of toys and donated goods they say were stolen from a Salvation Army warehouse.

Police say they had to use three tractor-trailers to haul the items, which were found Friday when officers searched a commercial warehouse in Brampton, northwest of the city.

Salvation Army victim of $2-million toy theft, charity says

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Charities & non-profits, Corruption
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Tim Alamenciak – November 21, 2012

The Salvation Army has allegedly been the victim of an intricate fraud, robbing it of more than $2 million in toys from its Toronto warehouse over the course of two years, charity officials say.

The agency fired the executive director of the warehouse Monday. He was put on paid leave shortly after a whistleblower employee came forward in mid-August. His firing came as the result of an internal audit, said Maj. John Murray of the Salvation Army.

Former Ornge employee sues, alleges she was fired for whistleblowing

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Corruption, Reprisals, Whistleblowers, Charities & non-profits, Health care, Ontario
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3

 Allison Jones – November 7, 2012

A former employee of Ornge is suing Ontario's scandal-plagued air ambulance service, saying she was fired for helping to expose alleged wrongdoing.

Lisa Kirbie, hired in March 2010 as the director of government and regulatory affairs, also alleges in her lawsuit that former CEO Chris Mazza was volatile, sexist and treated Ornge as his personal "fiefdom."

Former Ornge exec sues for wrongful dismissal

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Whistleblowers, Health care, Charities & non-profits, Ontario
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Michael Posner – November 6 2012

Lisa Kirbie, former director of government and regulatory affairs for Ornge, Ontario’s embattled air ambulance service, is suing the agency for wrongful dismissal.

In a statement of claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice last week, Ms. Kirbie, who was employed at Ornge from March, 2010, to July, 2012, accuses its former CEO of sexual harassment, alienation and causing mental suffering.

ORNGE investigation: Whistle-blower suspended after testifying at probe

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Reprisals, Corruption, Health care, Charities & non-profits, Ontario
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Kevin Donovan and Tanya Talaga – August 05, 2012

A whistleblower pilot who has been a thorn in the side of ORNGE management past and present has been suspended following his testimony at a Queen’s Park committee probing the troubled air ambulance service.

Veteran helicopter pilot Bruce Wade was suspended with pay Thursday along with another unnamed ORNGE employee. Both work out of the Thunder Bay regional centre.

Conspiracies Swirl As Vatican Scandal Engulfs Rome

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Corruption, Charities & non-profits
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Sylvia Poggioli – June 2, 2012

The scandal over leaked documents that has been engulfing the Vatican is the biggest breach of confidence and security at the Holy See in recent memory. Known as Vatileaks, the crisis has shed light on a Vatican gripped by intrigue and power struggles like a Renaissance court.

Vatileaks erupted into a full-blown scandal with the publication two weeks ago of a book of Vatican documents alleging corruption and conspiracies among cardinals. Within days, the Vatican bank president was abruptly dismissed and the pope's own butler was arrested on charges of stealing the pope's correspondence.

Ontario government accused of bullying ORNGE whistleblowers

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Corruption, Charities & non-profits, Ontario
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4

The Canadian Press – June 6, 2012

The opposition parties say the governing Liberals are trying to intimidate ORNGE whistleblowers at a legislative committee that’s probing the troubled air ambulance service.

The accusation came after Liberal backbencher David Zimmer questioned a former paramedic at ORNGE who tried to blow the whistle on the publicly-funded agency. Zimmer accused Trevor Kidd of being “selfish” by refusing to disclose the names of other front-line workers who have information about problems at ORNGE.

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