In Canada, whistleblowers pay steep price

When retaliation occurs, which happens often, according to experts, the onus is on the whistleblower to connect the dots and prove that it was related to their speaking up, writes Kathleen Finlay.

When Jody Wilson-Raybould, pictured with ex-minister Jane Philpott on April 3, switched roles from being Canada’s attorney general to whistleblower-in-chief over the SNC Lavalin affair, her fate was sealed.The Hill Times fphotograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KATHLEEN FINLAY

April 4, 2019

Victims of sexual misconduct in the workplace and whistleblowers have a lot in common. Both are typically terrified about coming forward and reporting wrongdoing. Both face a high risk that they will be blacklisted and have their reputations smeared. Too many are left...

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