Mr. Sean Holman at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 1st, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 1st, 2021 / 4:35 p.m.

Associate Professor of Journalism, Mount Royal University and Member, Canadian COVID-19 Accountability Group

You point out, Mr. MacKinnon, that the Canadian Army whistle-blowing is an example of transparency. It isn't. That information about long-term care homes only came out because members of the Canadian Armed Forces went to the media.

As my colleague Mr. Bron has pointed out, this situation is exacerbating a lot of the structural problems we have seen build up over years within both the whistle-blowing and freedom of information systems.

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