European Court decision highlights Canada’s Third-World status on whistleblower protection

The ball is in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s court: his government has access to all the information, expert guidance and best practices that it needs to quickly put in place a proper whistleblowing regime—one that brings us in line with the other democracies that we consider our peers.

With the government facing pressure from all sides and questions in Parliament, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier’s latest move seems little more than a delaying tactic—the announcement of a so-called ‘task force’ to study the law yet again and perhaps recommend some changes in a year or two, writes David Hutton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID HUTTON

February 20, 2023

The 2023 session of Parliament resumes with Canada’s antiquated, dysfunctional, and discredited whistleblower protection law still in place—and no credible government plan to fix it anytime soon. Meanwhile, a landmark decision in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)...

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