Professional ethics

Canadian lawyers remain exempt from money-laundering laws

Topics: 
Legal ethics, White-collar crime, Professional ethics
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3

Neal Hall – April 4, 2013

Canadian lawyers remain exempt from portions of the federal government's Proceeds of Crimes and Terrorist Financing Act following a unanimous ruling by British Columbia's top court.

A B.C. Court of Appeal five-member panel on Thursday upheld a ruling by the province's Supreme Court that struck down parts of the act that pertain to lawyers. The legislation required lawyers, financial institutions and others to keep records on money transactions in an attempt to stop terrorists and criminals from laundering cash.

Whistleblower group files complaint with Canadian Bar Association against Justice Canada

Topics: 
Justice Department, Government ethics, Professional ethics
Rating: 
5

February 8, 2013

Canadians for Accountability has filed a complaint with the Canadian Bar Association, arguing that the federal government is requiring its lawyers to violate their moral and ethical obligations and requesting that it conduct an investigation into this matter.

The complaint arises from the suspension of Justice Canada lawyer Edgar Schmidt, who argued that the department was failing to provide Parliament with a full and proper assessment when proposed laws might breach the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Engineers who declared mall sound, guilty of misconduct in 2010

Topics: 
Construction industry, Professional ethics, Ontario
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0

Stephen Spencer Davis – July 14, 2012

Two engineers who this year signed a letter declaring the Elliot Lake Algo Centre Mall structurally sound were found guilty of professional misconduct for work on an unrelated project by a provincial regulatory body in 2010.

The Ontario Provincial Police are conducting a criminal investigation into the Algo Centre’s collapse on June 23, which killed two people and injured several more. A judge was recently appointed to head a public inquiry.

Medical research ethics exemplar Dr. Nancy Olivieri honoured

Topics: 
Dr. Nancy Olivieri, Corporate ethics, Pharmaceutical industry, Videos, Honours, Health care, Professional ethics, Science
Rating: 
4
Dr. Nancy Olivieri

On Friday 25th May, Dr. Nancy Olivieri received an honorary degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Dalhousie. This is the most recent of numerous honours and awards that Olivieri has received over the years.

The university recognized Olivieri "...for taking a courageous stand that helped bring issues of medical ethics to the forefront of our collective consciousness, and for her national and international research in blood disorders. In both of these realms, Dr. Olivieri has chosen to look beyond herself in order to advance the greater good."

Nurses' association praises court victory of whistle-blowing RN

Topics: 
Victories, Health care, Nursing home abuse, Professional ethics
Rating: 
4

Marion Zych – October 28, 2011

Members of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) say the outcome of a case involving a nurse who blew the whistle on an incident of resident abuse at a Cornwall nursing home is precedent setting and places the onus on home operators everywhere to ensure all allegations are thoroughly investigated and reported.

In the case, the City of Cornwall was fined for retaliating against an RN who pursued the matter at Glen Stor Dun Lodge after she became aware of it in May 2008.

Quebec investigator deserves thanks, not chastisement, for speaking out

Topics: 
Government ethics, Professional ethics, Quebec
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0
Jacques Duchesneau

Henry Aubin – November 5, 2011

What’s more important for a public official to have – loyalty or integrity? The question arises because lack of loyalty is the reason that Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, the Unité permanente anticorruption, has given for its firing last week of Jacques Duchesneau.

His sin: he had publicly questioned the capacity of UPAC, overseer of his own smaller squad, to crack down on crooked public-sector contracting. UPAC, he said, was “not strong.”

Canada's Lawyers Exempt From Money-Laundering Laws

Topics: 
Legal ethics, Professional ethics, White-collar crime
Rating: 
4

The Canadian Press –September 28, 2011

Canada's lawyers are now exempt from the federal government's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws.The B.C. Supreme Court has struck down sections of the law relating to lawyers as unconstitutional.

The law requires financial institutions and others, including lawyers, to keep records on money transactions in an attempt to stop terrorists and criminals from using cash.

Canada's lawyers exempt from money-laundering laws

Topics: 
Legal ethics, White-collar crime, Professional ethics
Rating: 
0

September 28, 2011

Canada's lawyers are now exempt from the federal government's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws. The B.C. Supreme Court has struck down sections of the law relating to lawyers as unconstitutional.

The law requires financial institutions and others, including lawyers, to keep records on money transactions in an attempt to stop terrorists and criminals from using cash. Canada's 14 law societies challenged the law saying it infringed on solicitor-client confidentiality.

Guantanamo Docs Concealed Medical Evidence of Torture

Topics: 
PTSD, Prisons, Torture, Professional ethics
Rating: 
2

Courtney Hutchison – April 26, 2011

Doctors caring for detainees at the Guantanamo prison may have neglected or concealed medical evidence of torture, such as bone fractures, lacerations, and symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, according to a study released today by Physicians for Human Rights.

For example, one of the suspected terrorists held at Gitmo who claimed he had been severely beaten with kicks and punches until he was unconcious had evidence of a fracture on X-ray, but the circumstances of the injury were not discussed in his medical file.

Source on MD payoffs needs immunity: Alberta ER doctor

Topics: 
Conflict of interest, Health care, Professional ethics
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0

Whistleblowers' jobs already protected, Health Minister Zwozdesky says

Jodie Sinnema – March 3, 2011

Independent MLA Raj Sherman says he won't release proof to back his explosive claims that some Alberta doctors were paid to keep silent about patients who died while waiting for lung surgery.

"I have confidence in the information brought to my attention because I verified the reliability of the source," Sherman said about allegations he made in the house Monday that 250 people on a lung surgery waiting list died between 2003 and 2006.

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