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House Hansard - 326

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/6/24 1:16:48 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, whistle-blowers were raising serious concerns for years about conflict of interest and gross mismanagement of public funds, but their complaints were ignored; they were never taken seriously. Can the member explain why it took the minister so long to act on the issues?
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Bernard Généreux (Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, CPC)
  • Jun/6/24 4:14:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am going to tie in with what my colleague from Montreal just said. Yesterday, his colleague who sits on the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, the member for Windsor West, spoke with officials who were there. He asked them a question about the fact that it was whistle-blowers who finally exposed the truth and that these people were never protected in any way. Some lost their jobs and were unable to find another job in the public service. It is thanks to their efforts that the truth was exposed. I would like my colleague to tell me how we might protect them in the future.
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Jun/6/24 4:15:43 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleague completely. We absolutely must protect whistle-blowers. This week, I saw the Minister of Industry boasting that an investigation had been done and that SDTC had been shut down. Unfortunately, while he was boasting, he forgot to mention that the whistle-blower, the one who really brought the facts to light, is in trouble right now. The government failed to protect him. In my opinion, it is important that we take care of whistle-blowers and that we get to know what is really going on inside the machinery of government.
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