Whistleblower Protection

whistleblower protection: Although some MPs are now saying they will reconsider , this incident is not an aberration: it is part of a trend to suppress and criminalize truth-telling in Canada, according to The Star. The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act PSDPA , the so-called ironclad whistleblower protection law created by the Conservative government in 2006, has been an expensive exercise in futility, costing the taxpayer more than $40 million to date with virtually nothing to show for it. Only six cases of wrongdoing have been found in more than six years of operation, and not a single whistleblower has obtained a remedy from the Tribunal that is supposed to compensate them for reprisals and The House of Commons recently shocked many Canadians by demanding its employees sign a comprehensive, lifetime gag order with draconian sanctions for any breach. Following on the heels of the Senate scandal, this heavy-handed measure reeked of a coverup strategy and seemed to confirm that our political leaders are more concerned with concealing the truth than being transparent and accountable for their actions. Regardless of the governments rhetoric, Canadian whistleblowers are actually worse off today than they were 10 years ago. The laws and agencies that are supposed to protect them simply dont work; and even Charter rights are being stripped away by deceptive legislation and perverse codes of conduct. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.