Conversations with Legislators

Letters and Responses to Minister of Public Safety - Whistleblower Analysis Report: The Case of Luc Sabourin

  • Sept. 23, 2026.  Letter to Honorable Garry Anandasangaree, PC, MP, Minister of Public Safety - in response to a letter sent on his behalf from Acting VP Human Resources, CBSA, to Whistleblowing Canada. We believe this letter must have been sent mistakenly as it is a non-response to the serious allegations in the above noted report of systemic failures at CBSA and implications for similar failures and vulnerabilities in the Public Administration as a whole in regards to the protection of public servants reporting serious wrongdoing.

Letters and Responses to Speaker of the House

  • May 20 2026  Response from Speaker re: Statutory Reviews
  • April 30, 2026 Letter to Speaker of the House of Commons Hon. F. Scarpaleggia: RE: Establishing a Procedural Safeguard for Mandatory Statutory Reviews — The Case of the PSDPA
  • May 20, 2026  Response from Speaker re: definition of word "comprehensive"
  • April 30, 2026 Letter to Speaker of the House of Commons Hon. F. Scarpaleggia: RE: a Formal Request for a Procedural Review and definition of “Comprehensive Response” to Committee Reports

Letters and Responses to Prime Minister, and  Ministers. 

  • June 18, 2026  Letter from Treasury Board President in response to Whistleblowing Canada's letter requesting clarification of contradictory responses regarding the existance of a report of the 2022 Task Force to review the PSDPA. 
  • April 13/2026  Letter to Treasury Board President requesting clarification of contradictory government responses regarding the existance of a report from the 2022 Task Force to review the PSDPA. 
  • March 13, 2026  Response from President of Treasury Board on behalf of Prime Minister Carney. See Sept. 5, letter to PM below.
  • Sept. 26, 2026 Email Response from Prime Minister Carney.
  • Sept. 5, 2025  Letter to Prime Minister Carney calling for a rewriting of the PSDPA as a priority of his new government.  The law as written does not protect public servants disclosing wrong doing.

Bill C290 Parliamentary Hearings 

  • April 20, 2023: Watch the video of Bill C290 OGGO Committee hearings as former CBSA Officer, Luc Sabourin, tells Parliamentarians what bosses did to him for refusing illegal/criminal orders
  • April 20, 2023: Watch the video as Whistleblowing Canada testifies at Parliamentary Hearings by the OGGO Committee in support of MP Jean-Denis Garon's private members Bill C-290 to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
  • April 28, 2023 Additional Submission to the Operations and Estimates (OGGO) Committee. 
  • April 17, 2023 Submission to the Operations and Estimates (OGGO) Committee. 

Letters to Ministers, MP's, Parlimentary Committees, and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Human Rights Committee.

  • Dec. 15, 2022 Letter to the President of the Treasury Board, Minister responsible for the PSDPA regarding flawed Task Force to review PSDPA.
  • July 12, 2021  Letter to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Human Rights Committee.  
  • Aug. 18, 2021 Letter to Representatives from each party Inviting participation in an E-forum on parties' position on protection for whistleblowers. 
  • Feb. 12, 2021  Letter to MP Patrick Weiler - Member of the OGGO Committee regarding flawed processes. 
  • Feb. 2, 2021  Submission to OGGO Committee -  Government Response to the Pandemic: Improving Government Response by Addressing Culture and Building (Re-building) Trust. 
  • Aug. 9, 2020  Letter to President of Treasury Board, Minister Jean-Yves Duclos , PC, MP.
  • Aug. 9, 2020  Letter to Leaders of the Opposition. 
  • Aug. 9, 2020. Letter to Leaders in the Senate.

 


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