SHOOTING THE MESSENGER

A Whistleblower's Tale

2011 "Canada ranked worst of G7 nations in fighting bribery, corruption." Transparency International

A first person account of two egregious breaches of the public trust at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, and how they got away with it.

Cover

Synopsis

Sommaire

The Why and the Wherefore

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Preface to the Second Edition

Foreword - Say It Ain't So

Part I

1 - A Laudable Model of Behaviour

2 - Glenna and the French Connection

3 - The Road Back

4 - The Wrong Lesson Learned

5 - Getting High on the Job

6 - An Appalling Indiscretion

7 - Rakesh

8 - The Death of Janine

9 - Audrey

10 - Foreign Affairs Beckons

Part II

11 - The Fifty Percent Solution

12 - Tokyo Lets the Cat Out of the Bag

13 - A Mugging in Amsterdam

14 - Yours, Mine and Ours

15 - The Return of the Double Standard

16 - No Future Here

17 - Ambassador Chrétien

18 - McGahey

19 - The Appraisal From Hell

20 - The Ambassador and the Commissioner Trade Jobs

21 - The Pontius Pilate Letter

22 - Memories of Wendy

23 - A Sunny Day In May

Part III

24 - R. G. Woolham and the Appraisal From Hell

25 - J. T. Boehm's Sense of Humour

26 - Nonsense

27 - A Judge is Blackmailed

28 - Evelyne's Choice

29 - Thomas W. Brown and the Monstrous Lie

30 - Et tu, PSAC?

31 - The Poisoned Affidavit

32 - In the Federal Court of Appeal

33 - In the Supreme Court of Canada

34 - Proof of Perjury

35 - The Betrayal Of Joe Clark

36 - So What!

Afterword - Holding Ministers to a Higher Standard

Epilogue - Plus ça change…

Further Readings

The Niece

Investigative Journalism Canadian Style

Federal Court Memorandum

Supreme Court Appeal Notice

Confusion and Where Have All the Fish Gone

Mila's Friend and a Briefcase Full of Cash

Memories

Stories not in the print edition which might be of interest to anyone interested in a production of Shooting the Messenger.

People and Horses

Amchitka

Julia Ann

A Woman Who Loved Women and ...

A Well-Dressed Woman Living In A Mess

A Teacher, A Lawyer and An Airman

Post publication efforts to get justice for the first Foreign Affairs' whistleblower

2008 (2005-2007 to be posted)

The Right Hon. Joe Clark

The Honourable Vic Toews

2009

CBC, CTV and the Globe & Mail

Host of Beyond Politics

Keith Spicer

The Right Hon. Stephen Harper

The Honourable Gilles Duceppe

The Hon. Lawrence Cannon

David Kilgour to Lawrence Cannon

When the Truth is a Lie

Committee Business

Foreign Affairs, Official Languages,

Justice & Human Rights, Finance

Nine Senators

Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean

His Excellency David Johnston

2010

The Honourable John Baird

Pierre Poilievre, Response

Madam Chief Justice McLachlin, Response

2011

The Honourable John Baird

Guy Pratte

The Right Hon. Stephen Harper, (2), (3)

Integrity Commissioner

Ouimet, Anyone, Friday, Dion, Péch

A letter in anticipation of nothing!

Special

Chasing the Bonuses and a Freudian Slip

Privacy and Whistleblowers

A Legacy of Liars

Message for the Diplomats

One, Two, Three

1 . “I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence [to Prime Minister Harper] to the Honourable Vic Toews, President of Treasury Board...”, so wrote Brunilda Funes on behalf of the Prime Minister 2. “I defer to my colleague the Minister of Foreign Affairs…”, so wrote Vic Toews.   3 . “I regret to inform you we can not agree to your request" so wrote Lawrence Cannon, Minister for Foreign Affairs.