Joanna Gualtieri

Pampered diplomats protest scaling back of luxury accommodations

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Foreign Affairs, Strathmore
Rating: 
3

By David Hutton, David Kilgour, Michele Brill-Edwards and Brian McAdam
Hill Times: January 19th, 2009

Some recent media reports indicate that Foreign Affairs is finally taking steps to curb the waste and extravagance that has for decades been the hallmark of its accommodations abroad. In particular, the disposal of Strathmore, the ambassador’s official residence in Ireland, has triggered anxious cries of “foul” from some members of our diplomatic elite.

Blown Away

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Bruce Poulin
Rating: 
3

Whistle-blowers may be the darlings of the media and Opposition politicians, but once the cameras are shut off and the media move on to the next story, they are usually left jobless and friendless.

Mark Bourrie reinterviews some well-known local whistle-blowers to see how they are faring — and how they have banded together to form FAIR, a registered charity that provides whistleblowers with advice and information.

Ten years of waiting and five storeys of files

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Justice Department, Paul Dewar
Rating: 
5

Friday 13 June 2008

Paul Gaboury
pgaboury@ledroit.com

Despite the adoption of a law for the protection of whistleblowers and the creation of a Public Service Integrity Commissioner, the Conservative government has not kept its promise to stop harassment of public service whistleblowers, New Democrat MP Paul Dewar reported yesterday.

NDP’s Dewar Calls for an End to Government Stalling on Whistleblower Cases

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Justice Department, Foreign Affairs, Paul Dewar, Audio
Rating: 
5

June 12, 2008

OTTAWA – NDP MP Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre) marked the 10th anniversary of Joanna Gualtieri’s case by calling for an end to government stalling in resolving whistleblowers’ cases. 

Lawyers vs. justice in Ottawa

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Justice Department, Legal ethics
Rating: 
2

National Post, Published: Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Re: A Decade Of Torment, four authors, March 17.

At the core of the issue about the government tormenting a whistle-blower like Joanna Gualtieri is the question asked by the authors: "Why do government lawyers feel the need to resort to such practices when they already enjoy the overwhelming advantage of unlimited time and resources -- in a case against an individual with serious health problems and no financial support (e.g., from a union) to cover her mounting legal costs?"

A Decade Of Torment

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Foreign Affairs
Rating: 
3

The Conservatives promised voters that Ottawa would start protecting whistle-blowers. So why are government lawyers still harassing Joanna Gualtieri?

DAVID KILGOUR, MICHELE BRILL-EDWARDS, BRIAN MCADAM AND DAVID HUTTON, National Post Published: Monday, March 17, 2008

After dragging through the courts for almost a decade, the case of Joanna Gualtieri has produced an important development.

In 1998, the Department of Foreign Affairs whistle-blower -- who exposed lavish waste and extravagance within Foreign Affairs in the 1990s --left Foreign Affairs and sued her bosses for harassment. More than nine years later, a pre-trial judge has issued an important ruling, criticizing some of the government lawyers' methods and calling for these tactics to end.

Whistle-blower faced 10,579 questions

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Foreign Affairs
Rating: 
4

$6M Lawsuit; Discovery 'taken beyond reasonable limits'

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Shannon Kari, National Post 
Published: Saturday, March 08, 2008

In their attempt to show that Joanna Gualtieri was not the victim of harassment and reprisals when she made claims of misspending and waste in the 1990s at the Department of Foreign Affairs, federal government lawyers have already required her to answer 10,579 questions in court.

Whistleblower Legislation Needs More Work, Say Critics

Topics: 
Joanna Gualtieri, Brian McAdam, RCMP, Robert Read
Rating: 
0

By Joan Delaney
May 17, 2007: Epoch Times

Sherron Watkins, former Enron employee, and her attorney Philip Hilder
Sherron Watkins, former Enron employee, and her attorney Philip Hilder
Sherron Watkins (L), former Enron employee, and her attorney (R) Philip Hilder after her whistleblowing testimony in 2002. Watkins and others' impact led her and two other Americans to be named Time Persons of the Year in 2002. In Canada, critics say new whistleblower legislation falls short. (Dave Einsel/Getty Images)

Former RCMP officer Robert Read's prolonged attempt for justice was dealt a blow last week when the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his appeal. A 26-year veteran of the force, Read blew the whistle on allegations of corruption and cover-up involving the Canadian High Commission in Hong Kong in 1999.

Media reports stated that after Read's superiors urged him to turn a blind eye to the findings of his investigation, he decided to go public. He was later found guilty of disgraceful conduct by an internal adjudication board for breaking his oath of secrecy and was fired.

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