Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada Harriet Solloway tabled a Case Report in Parliament regarding Correctional Service Canada (CSC). As a result of a whistleblower coming forward, Commissioner Solloway launched an investigation into the allegation that CSC management committed gross mismanagement when they failed to take timely and adequate action to locate and repair a leak at … Read more
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada Joe Friday tabled a Case Report in Parliament regarding the Department of National Defence (DND). As a result of whistleblowers coming forward, Friday launched an investigation to determine whether senior managers at DND provided prompt public access to information about founded cases of wrongdoing at DND and in the Canadian Armed … Read more
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada Joe Friday tabled a case report in Parliament regarding the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). As a result of a whistleblower coming forward, Friday investigated allegations of wrongdoing and found that the CSC failed to maintain a safe work environment by taking inadequate action in response to incidents of … Read more
The Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Joe Friday, tabled a case report in Parliament regarding two Correctional Service of Canada executives who committed gross mismanagement and a serious breach of the CSC Code of Discipline and of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector. The full release is available online. Call 613-946-2138.
In February of this year, Commissioner Joe Friday tabled 16 substantive proposals for legislative change during the Government’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Operations and Estimates review of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. Key among these proposals were the reversal of onus of proof for reprisal complainants before the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal; the removal of the requirement … Read more
As a result of a whistleblower coming forward, Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Joe Friday, tabled in Parliament a case report on founded wrongdoing. This Case Report is the second concerning the Canadian Food Inspection Agency arising from the same disclosure of wrongdoing. The investigation found that Geneviève Desjardins, Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs for the CFIA, … Read more
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Joe Friday, found wrongdoing at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In his report Friday finds that the former Director of the Conservation and Protection branch in the Maritimes Region as well as its regional and national management failed to take necessary and appropriate action to respond to a clear … Read more
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Joe Friday, tabled a case report of founded wrongdoing in Parliament. In the report, Friday finds that the former President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Dr. Bruce Archibald, and the then Vice-President of Human Resources at CFIA, Gérard Étienne committed gross mismanagement when they failed to take appropriate action to deal fairly … Read more
As a result of an anonymous disclosure, Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Joe Friday, tabled in Parliament a case report on founded wrongdoing. The case relates to a former Executive at the Public Health Agency of Canada who committed a serious breach of the Agency’s code of conduct and gross mismanagement by displaying physical anger towards … Read more
The Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Joe Friday, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) to provide 16 recommendations to improve the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act currently under review. Friday proposed 16 recommendations to the Committee including the reversal of onus of proof. This means that the reprisal complainant, the party with … Read more
