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Allan Cutler

Allan Cutler is past president of Canadians for Accountability, a group formed to help whistleblowers, fight corruption, and an advocate for truth and transparency.

The ramifications of the demise of Energy East

  • OTTAWA—I don’t understand why people believe that western Canadian separation is dead. It appears, at least on the federal level, that Prime Minister Justin
Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | October 30, 2017
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, pictured in this file photo, recently said, 'Something needs to change. For the West to continue on like this in our federal system is the equivalent of having Stockholm syndrome.' The Hill Times file photograph

The ramifications of the demise of Energy East

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | October 30, 2017
  • OTTAWA—I don’t understand why people believe that western Canadian separation is dead. It appears, at least on the federal level, that Prime Minister Justin

The ramifications of the demise of Energy East

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | October 30, 2017
  • OTTAWA—I don’t understand why people believe that western Canadian separation is dead. It appears, at least on the federal level, that Prime Minister Justin
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, pictured in this file photo, recently said, 'Something needs to change. For the West to continue on like this in our federal system is the equivalent of having Stockholm syndrome.' The Hill Times file photograph

It’s not easy to report wrongdoing in federal government

  • OTTAWA—We pick up the story from where we last left off. In trying to report wrongdoing, the employee has already encountered many obstacles that
Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | March 27, 2017
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Joe Friday, pictured left in this file photograph with former auditor general Sheila Fraser. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

It’s not easy to report wrongdoing in federal government

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | March 27, 2017
  • OTTAWA—We pick up the story from where we last left off. In trying to report wrongdoing, the employee has already encountered many obstacles that

It’s not easy to report wrongdoing in federal government

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | March 27, 2017
  • OTTAWA—We pick up the story from where we last left off. In trying to report wrongdoing, the employee has already encountered many obstacles that
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Joe Friday, pictured left in this file photograph with former auditor general Sheila Fraser. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Do the right thing, how to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in the government: it’s not easy

  • OTTAWA—Whistleblowers are not well understood. They are under tremendous pressure and are faced with resolving their own personal belief in doing the right thing with
Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | March 20, 2017
The whistleblower may be faced with a number of situations: from blowing the whistle perhaps on the use of chemicals that have polluted the water table of neighbours, to blowing the whistle on financial fraud, to blowing the whistle on major and critical problems, such as in the Phoenix pay system. The potential whistleblower takes a lot of risks to blow the whistle. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Do the right thing, how to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in the government: it’s not easy

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | March 20, 2017
  • OTTAWA—Whistleblowers are not well understood. They are under tremendous pressure and are faced with resolving their own personal belief in doing the right thing with

Do the right thing, how to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in the government: it’s not easy

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | March 20, 2017
  • OTTAWA—Whistleblowers are not well understood. They are under tremendous pressure and are faced with resolving their own personal belief in doing the right thing with
The whistleblower may be faced with a number of situations: from blowing the whistle perhaps on the use of chemicals that have polluted the water table of neighbours, to blowing the whistle on financial fraud, to blowing the whistle on major and critical problems, such as in the Phoenix pay system. The potential whistleblower takes a lot of risks to blow the whistle. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

When I first started 10 years ago, whistleblowing was a dirty word

  • OTTAWA, ONT.—It has been 10 years since the Liberals’ Sponsorship Scandal and my elevation to be known as “The Whistleblower.” This was not my
Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | November 21, 2016
Bradley Birkenfeld, the U.S. whistleblower who exposed hidden off-shore accounts in his country, is willing to come to Canada to speak about $1-billion in unpaid taxes due to off-shore accounts in Canada. Not so surprisingly, the House Finance Committee does not want to hear from him. Photograph courtesy of Bradley Birkenfeld

When I first started 10 years ago, whistleblowing was a dirty word

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | November 21, 2016
  • OTTAWA, ONT.—It has been 10 years since the Liberals’ Sponsorship Scandal and my elevation to be known as “The Whistleblower.” This was not my

When I first started 10 years ago, whistleblowing was a dirty word

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | November 21, 2016
  • OTTAWA, ONT.—It has been 10 years since the Liberals’ Sponsorship Scandal and my elevation to be known as “The Whistleblower.” This was not my
Bradley Birkenfeld, the U.S. whistleblower who exposed hidden off-shore accounts in his country, is willing to come to Canada to speak about $1-billion in unpaid taxes due to off-shore accounts in Canada. Not so surprisingly, the House Finance Committee does not want to hear from him. Photograph courtesy of Bradley Birkenfeld

Birkenfeld believes there’s at least $1-billion in federal unpaid taxes in Canada

  • OTTAWA—For the past four years, I have been attempting to get Bradley Birkenfeld to come to Canada and assist the Canadian government by testifying and
Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | October 3, 2016
Bradley Birkenfeld was an American banker working in Switzerland. As a whistleblower, he exposed the largest and longest running tax fraud by Americans using off-shore accounts. The unprecedented results were shocking and ultimately he received an award of $104-million from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) since more than $5-billion of unpaid taxes were recovered. Photograph courtesy of Alchetron

Birkenfeld believes there’s at least $1-billion in federal unpaid taxes in Canada

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | October 3, 2016
  • OTTAWA—For the past four years, I have been attempting to get Bradley Birkenfeld to come to Canada and assist the Canadian government by testifying and

Birkenfeld believes there’s at least $1-billion in federal unpaid taxes in Canada

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | October 3, 2016
  • OTTAWA—For the past four years, I have been attempting to get Bradley Birkenfeld to come to Canada and assist the Canadian government by testifying and
Bradley Birkenfeld was an American banker working in Switzerland. As a whistleblower, he exposed the largest and longest running tax fraud by Americans using off-shore accounts. The unprecedented results were shocking and ultimately he received an award of $104-million from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) since more than $5-billion of unpaid taxes were recovered. Photograph courtesy of Alchetron

Time to turn a new leaf with whistleblowers

  • OTTAWA—We are now more than six months into the new Liberal government mandate. It’s a good time to stop and take stock. From a whistleblowing
Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | April 25, 2016

Time to turn a new leaf with whistleblowers

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | April 25, 2016
  • OTTAWA—We are now more than six months into the new Liberal government mandate. It’s a good time to stop and take stock. From a whistleblowing

Time to turn a new leaf with whistleblowers

Opinion | BY ALLAN CUTLER | April 25, 2016
  • OTTAWA—We are now more than six months into the new Liberal government mandate. It’s a good time to stop and take stock. From a whistleblowing
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