What makes a whistleblower

Richard Colvin, the man who disclosed Canada's role in the transfer of Afghan prisoners to Afghan authorities and who were later allegedly tortured, is indeed a whistleblower. But are he and other whistleblowers really protected?

OTTAWA—Richard Colvin's dramatic testimony before the special Parliamentary committee on Afghanistan two weeks ago blew the lid off politics as usual in Ottawa last week. Besides the gravity of the allegations he made, the events he set into motion shows—once again—the sad progn...

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