Why Treasury Board cannot be trusted to fix its own whistleblowing mess

The Treasury Board’s track record has repeatedly proven it lacks not only the expertise to produce an effective whistleblowing law, but also any intention of doing so.
One wonders whether Treasury Board President Mona Fortier is aware of her department’s track record and whether she approves of such behaviour continuing, writes David Hutton.

Given recent publicity about public servants’ mistrust of the government’s whistleblower protection regime and subsequent questions in Parliament, it is no surpris...

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