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David Hutton on delayed Newfoundland legislation

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David Hutton

CBC News – May 17, 2012

Five years after it was promised, the government of Newfoundland still has not introduced whistleblower legislation, and Justice Minister Felix Collins has suggested that it is not needed.

CBC's Nadia Stewart interviews David Hutton about whistleblower laws, why these are needed, what other countries are doing and why politicians may be nervous of this type of legislation.

Pilot fatigue cited in Air Canada in-flight incident

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CBC News – April 16, 2012

A terrifying incident on an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Zurich last year took place because a pilot abruptly pushed the Boeing 767 into a dive shortly after waking up from an approved nap, says a report released today by Canada's Transportation Safety Board.

The report details what happened on Air Canada Flight 878 several hours after it left Toronto for Zurich on Jan 13, 2011. The report also finds several factors, including pilot fatigue, contributed to the incident that sent seven passengers to hospital in Switzerland.

"On Expenses" drama: How the misconduct of UK MPs was exposed

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Heather Brooke, an American living in London, was writing a book about the Freedom of Information Act. In 2004, she approached the House of Commons about MP's expenses, and found her legitimate requests blocked repeatedly.

This entertaining drama follows one dogged and spirited individual over the most powerful institution in the country. In all the scandal of the MP's expenses, one story remains to be told and it is the best of them all: because there would have been no documents leaked to one of the leading UK newspapers, The Daily Telegraph - indeed no documents of any kind at all - had not one supremely determined journalist fought for five long years against the increasingly desperate attempts by the House of Commons to keep their expenditure secret.

David Hutton on Senate appearance of integrity commissioner

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David Hutton

CTV News – January 31, 2012

Following his confirmation in December as Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Mario Dion appeared before the Senate Committee on National Finance.

Senators tackled Mr. Dion on the three topics suggested by FAIR, and also put him on notice that his office has to start uncovering wrongdoing to justify its existence. David Hutton comments on the day's proceedings.

Integrity Commissioner's appearance before Senate Finance Committee

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Mario Dion

January 31, 2012

Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion appeared before the Senate Committee on National Finance on January 31, 2012 – his first meeting with the Senate committee that will examine his reports and oversee his performance.

This is an unedited recording of the full session. (60 minutes)

Original transcript on Parliamentary website

David Hutton on impunity of white collar criminals in Canada

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David Hutton

CTV News – January 18, 2012

As three former Nortel executives go on trial for alleged fraud, CTV News interviews David Hutton, Executive Director of FAIR, on  on the subject of white collar crime in Canada.

The topics include: is Canada doing enough to combat white collar crime; and what role do whistleblowers play.

Fighting Corruption in India

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Arthur Rubinoff

Steve Paikin – December 8, 2011

University of Toronto political scientist Arthur Rubinoff is about to take his 11th trip to India. In this web-exclusive interview, he explains why getting the corruption out of Indian society is such an enormous challenge.

His remarks touch on the long history of efforts to create an effective Lokpal or people's ombudsman.

Integrity Commissioner misleads in TV interview

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New federal Integrity Commissioner misleads on CBC TV about his past statement that applying for job while in Interim Commissioner position created conflict for him

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Today, Founding Director of Democracy Watch Duff Conacher, FAIR Executive Director David Hutton and Canadians for Accountability President Allan Cutler refuted a claim made by new federal Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion's on CBC TV's Power and Politics show yesterday.

Dion claimed that he did not say in a meeting last March that he would not apply for the Commissioner job while serving as Interim Commissioner because it would cause a conflict for him as he would be perceived to be trying to please Prime Minister Harper and his Cabinet in order to win the Commissioner position, and that would make whistleblowers less likely to trust him.

Whistleblower watchdog hints he's found wrongdoing

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Mario Dion

Meagan Fitzpatrick – December 21, 2011

The new public sector integrity commissioner, Mario Dion, hints that his investigations into allegations of wrongdoing in the public service will begin to produce results in coming months.

In an interview with host Evan Solomon on Power & Politics Wednesday, Dion said his office is currently investigating 35 cases, with seven of them being looked at for a second time. Some of the files are being re-examined after being dismissed by Dion's predecessor, Christiane Ouimet.

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