The federal government is paying $400,000 in severance to Christiane Ouimet, the disgraced former public-sector integrity commissioner who resigned in haste last fall, Postmedia News has learned. ...
[Auditor-General Sheila] Fraser's disparaging report slammed Ouimet for failing to properly do her job and found the office — which has an $11-million budget — investigated only five of 228 complaints filed during Ouimet's three-and-a-half-year tenure.
Ouimet also berated, intimidated and yelled and swore at her staff, the report said.
Following the criticism and backlash the report caused, the public accounts committee asked Ouimet to testify and to explain her actions.
Letter-writing, phoning and knocking on doors went unanswered for months before a lawyer for Ouimet, Ivan Whitehall, contacted the chair of the committee....
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Disgraced bureaucrat getting $400,000 in severance
Disgraced bureaucrat getting $400,000 in severance
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