>Federal whistleblowers already waiting 2-3 years for investigations to begin, warns Harriet Solloway
>
>Canada’s public service integrity watchdog says it’s so overwhelmed with tips about wrongdoing, from mismanagement to violations of departmental codes of conduct, that it needs to double its budget just to keep up.
Well that’s just lovely. How many more scandals haven’t we heard about / investigated?
ArrogantFoilage on
How many whistleblowers are waiting to be heard when the backlog is 2-3 years?
CaliperLee62 on
Reminds me about what the Trudeau government has done to the Information Commissioner:
>*Canada’s information commissioner says her office is facing a $700,000 funding shortfall that could impact its ability to investigate complaints about government transparency and accountability.*
>*”Basically this reduction in my budget will spell longer delays for complainants who are seeking information from government institutions,” information commissioner Caroline Maynard told members of Parliament on Thursday. “Now is not the time for bureaucratic penny-pinching.”*
>*Speaking before Parliament’s*Â [*standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics(opens in a new tab)*](https://www.ourcommons.ca/committees/en/ETHI/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=12729405)*, Maynard said the shortfall represents five per cent of her office budget. She blamed the “unacceptable predicament” on funding calculations used by Canada’s Treasury Board Secretariat.*
>*”I cannot overstate the seriousness of the situation I am currently faced with,” Maynard wrote in a May 14 letter*Â [*to the Treasury Board Secretariat(opens in a new tab)*](https://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/resources/reports-publications/letter-acting-secretary-treasury-board-concerns-regarding)*. “For a small organization like the [Office of the Information Commissioner], where every employee plays a critical role in achieving our objectives and fulfilling our mandate, even a small reduction in personnel will significantly strain our operational capacity at a time when the access to information system is under pressure like never before.”*
>*As information commissioner of Canada, Maynard is an independent ombudsperson tasked with upholding Canada’s freedom of information laws, which allow individuals and corporations to request government records through what’s known as an access to information request. Often used by journalists and academics, the process has been criticized for being slow and overly secretive.*
ZonicTheNicotineHog on
We will be renaming the public service integrity watchdog position to the public service integrity ignoredog to cut down on the backlog
– Trudeau probably
flamboyantdebauchry on
“Overwhelmed by workload, public sector integrity commissioner asks for more money”
as strange as it sounds definitely not lying about ***overwhelmed workload …..***
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>Federal whistleblowers already waiting 2-3 years for investigations to begin, warns Harriet Solloway
>
>Canada’s public service integrity watchdog says it’s so overwhelmed with tips about wrongdoing, from mismanagement to violations of departmental codes of conduct, that it needs to double its budget just to keep up.
Well that’s just lovely. How many more scandals haven’t we heard about / investigated?
How many whistleblowers are waiting to be heard when the backlog is 2-3 years?
Reminds me about what the Trudeau government has done to the Information Commissioner:
[Trudeau government cuts budget of Information Commissioner](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-government-cuts-budget-of-information-commissioner/)
[Information commissioner faces $700K funding shortfall, says system is ‘overwhelmed’](https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/information-commissioner-faces-700k-funding-shortfall-says-system-is-overwhelmed-1.6892180)
>*Canada’s information commissioner says her office is facing a $700,000 funding shortfall that could impact its ability to investigate complaints about government transparency and accountability.*
>*”Basically this reduction in my budget will spell longer delays for complainants who are seeking information from government institutions,” information commissioner Caroline Maynard told members of Parliament on Thursday. “Now is not the time for bureaucratic penny-pinching.”*
>*Speaking before Parliament’s*Â [*standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics(opens in a new tab)*](https://www.ourcommons.ca/committees/en/ETHI/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=12729405)*, Maynard said the shortfall represents five per cent of her office budget. She blamed the “unacceptable predicament” on funding calculations used by Canada’s Treasury Board Secretariat.*
>*”I cannot overstate the seriousness of the situation I am currently faced with,” Maynard wrote in a May 14 letter*Â [*to the Treasury Board Secretariat(opens in a new tab)*](https://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/resources/reports-publications/letter-acting-secretary-treasury-board-concerns-regarding)*. “For a small organization like the [Office of the Information Commissioner], where every employee plays a critical role in achieving our objectives and fulfilling our mandate, even a small reduction in personnel will significantly strain our operational capacity at a time when the access to information system is under pressure like never before.”*
>*As information commissioner of Canada, Maynard is an independent ombudsperson tasked with upholding Canada’s freedom of information laws, which allow individuals and corporations to request government records through what’s known as an access to information request. Often used by journalists and academics, the process has been criticized for being slow and overly secretive.*
We will be renaming the public service integrity watchdog position to the public service integrity ignoredog to cut down on the backlog
– Trudeau probably
“Overwhelmed by workload, public sector integrity commissioner asks for more money”
as strange as it sounds definitely not lying about ***overwhelmed workload …..***
Overwhelmed at the public sector? Hahahahaha.