April 20, 2023: Bill C-290 OGGO hearing - Former CBSA Officer, Luc Sabourin, tells Parliamentarians what bosses did to him for refusing illegal/criminal orders
April 19, 2023: Whistleblowing Canada testified at Parliamentary hearings at the OGGO Committee in support MP Jean-Denis Garon's private members Bill C-290 to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
December 24, 2022: See news story by the Canadian Press Whistleblower group criticizes federal review of wrongdoing disclosure regime regarding why Whistleblowing Canada cannot support the Task Force to Review the Public Servant Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) - recently announced by the Minister responsible, President of Treasury Board. This story has been picked up by 30 and counting news outlets across Canada. Read the full details in the letter to the Minister responsible.
June 10, 2022: The following are the video recordings of the panel discussions from the first ever conference on whistleblowing held in Canada:
- Panel No. 1 Whistleblowing and the law
- Panel No. 2 Whistleblowing and Culture
- Panel No. 3 Media and Whistleblowing
- Panel No. 4 Whistleblowers, Trauma and Reprisals
- Panel No. 5 Civil Society Groups and Whistleblowing
- Panel No. 6 Whistleblower Stories
- Panel No. 7 The Law and Practitioners
- Policy Forum
December 16, 2021: Whistleblowing Canada releases the third in the series of six policy briefs on whistleblowing and drug safety. Learn what happens to the whistleblower when she tries to do her job. And why she decided it was necessary to resign to warn Canadians about the harm that would occur.
Law, Culture and Reprisals: Whistleblowing and Health Canada's Drug Approval Process - How Reprisals Occur?
Read the Policy Brief
Hear the Trailer
November 10, 2021: Whistleblowing Canada releases the second in the series of six policy briefs on whistleblowing and drug safety. Learn why it became necessary to blow the whistle in this case which challenged Health Canada's drug approval process.
Law, Culture and Reprisals: Whistleblowing and Health Canada's Drug Approval Process - Why Blow the Whistle?
Read the Policy Brief
Hear the Trailer
October 13, 2021: Whistleblowing Canada is proud to announce our first in a series of six policy papers on exposing why we have up to 22,000 Canadians die each year from legally prescribed prescription drugs.
Law, Culture and Reprisals: Whistleblowing and Health Canada's Drug Approval Process - The Case Overview
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Hear the Trailer
Sept. 13, 2021: Canada has been called on to answer to the Human Rights Committee (HRC), Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, for ". . . legislative or other measures it has taken to enhance protection of whistleblowers". See paragraph 22, "List of Issues Prior to Reporting" related to how Canada has been fulfilling commitments to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which Canada signed on to in 1976. See Whistleblowing Canada's letter to the HRC on this matter prior to finalizing the list of issues.
August 31, 2021: Florian Martin-Bariteau and his team at the University of Ottawa today announced the new Portal which is a step ahead in the whistleblowing world in Canada. This portal aims to present in clear language the diverse legal protections available across Canada to whistleblowers, in other words the individuals making public interest disclosures about wrongdoing collected here in one place.
The site provides an important Tip: "With the uncertainty surrounding the legal framework, whistleblowers’ best protection relies on their anonymity." Good advice when protective legislation does not protect!
This should be a great resource for those interested in helping whistleblowers.
June 23, 2021: In celebration of World Whistleblower Day, we're announcing our partnership with the UK's newly launched charity, Parrhesia. View our Press Release.
June 23, 2021: Parrhesia, a new whistleblowing research charity launches its website on World Whistleblower Day. View their Press Release.
June 23, 2021: Read the latest Whistleblowing Canada newsletter here.
May 16, 2021: News Alert! Threats to National Security - the consequences to Canadians of governments ignoring truth-tellers and Project Sidewinder some thirty Years ago. Click here to go to our new "Consequences" page for more details and a preview of Sam Cooper's new book on the subject.