Integrity czar blasts bureaucrat’s bullying, spending habits

[DearSummer]

Integrity czar blasts bureaucrat’s bullying, spending habits
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/integrity-czar-blasts-bureaucrats-bullying-spending-habits/article2362867/


A middle manager with the federal department of Human Resources who, among other things, used taxpayer dollars to pay for personal massages and was reimbursed for travel that never took place is the first person found guilty of wrongdoing by the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner.

In a case report Thursday, Commissioner Mario Dion said the unnamed manager had committed “gross mismanagement” and misused public funds.


The integrity watchdog’s investigation determined the manager had misused public funds by approving inappropriate purchases such as personal massages, purchasing equipment such as flat-screen televisions that were not used, paying for lunches for employees, claiming reimbursement for travel that had not occurred, claiming for mileage on her own car when she also had a departmental vehicle, and using government equipment to conduct personal business.


Mr. Dion succeeded Christiane Ouimet, the first public sector integrity commissioner who was appointed in 2007 but who abruptly retired in 2010 ahead of a damning report by the Auditor-General that found she was engaged in the very activities she was hired to prevent: berating and marginalizing her staff while seeking vengeance against those she suspected of reporting her misdeeds.

Mr. Dion first took over from Ms. Ouimet on an interim basis and then was appointed to fill the position permanently in December of 2011. This report marks the first time he has found someone to guilty of wrongdoing.

They should realease her name and charge her in both criminal and civil court. Whistleblowers should be rewarded with cash for exposing things like this. From what I understand she wasn't even fired!

[xalex0]

Totally.

[Shaner]

People have become so immune to government corruption that a vocal group like RFD'ers don't even bother to comment on this thread. Shows how bad things have gotten. This is only the tip of the iceberg too, there's so much more that will never become public knowledge.

[Piro21]

People have become so immune to government corruption that a vocal group like RFD'ers don't even bother to comment on this thread. Shows how bad things have gotten. This is only the tip of the iceberg too, there's so much more that will never become public knowledge.

Nobody is surprised, nothing will be done, and the government machine will continue to bleed us dry while letting it's members get away with murder (sometimes literally, in the case of the police). What more needs to be said?

[DearSummer]

The article has been updated with more details since I originally posted it. This is clearly fraud so I'm not sure why they are not going after her criminally. And why withold her name?

[CDNPatriot]

DEARSUMMER you are obsessed with peanuts. You think the bank employees are 100 percent honest? You think the insurance company employees are 100 percent honest. You think the Apple employee is 100 percent honest? Only in the civil service is there transparency and the ability for characters like you to pull out this stuff and cry out how the system is failed.

Try watching Inside Job and see the trillions... yes trillions in damages certain individuals caused in the US and around the world and got rich by it. This affected all of our lives in a major way.

Also, listen to this Charile Munger video about the dangers of less bureaucracy and regulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XlBrohrIUc

[Piro21]

DEARSUMMER you are obsessed with peanuts. You think the bank employees are 100 percent honest? You think the insurance company employees are 100 percent honest. You think the Apple employee is 100 percent honest? Only in the civil service is there transparency and the ability for characters like you to pull out this stuff and cry out how the system is failed.

Try watching Inside Job and see the trillions... yes trillions in damages certain individuals caused in the US and around the world and got rich by it. This affected all of our lives in a major way.

Also, listen to this Charile Munger video about the dangers of less bureaucracy and regulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XlBrohrIUc

"Other people commit crimes! I don't get why you're so upset that I committed one too!"

[xalex0]

DEARSUMMER you are obsessed with peanuts. You think the bank employees are 100 percent honest? You think the insurance company employees are 100 percent honest. You think the Apple employee is 100 percent honest? Only in the civil service is there transparency and the ability for characters like you to pull out this stuff and cry out how the system is failed.

Try watching Inside Job and see the trillions... yes trillions in damages certain individuals caused in the US and around the world and got rich by it. This affected all of our lives in a major way.

Also, listen to this Charile Munger video about the dangers of less bureaucracy and regulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XlBrohrIUcFor private companies I leave it to the investors to worry. However, when it is tax money involved, I have the right to be upset.

[WontonTiger]

DEARSUMMER you are obsessed with peanuts. You think the bank employees are 100 percent honest? You think the insurance company employees are 100 percent honest. You think the Apple employee is 100 percent honest? Only in the civil service is there transparency and the ability for characters like you to pull out this stuff and cry out how the system is failed.

Try watching Inside Job and see the trillions... yes trillions in damages certain individuals caused in the US and around the world and got rich by it. This affected all of our lives in a major way.

Also, listen to this Charile Munger video about the dangers of less bureaucracy and regulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XlBrohrIUc

You are comparing apples to oranges by comparing Apple to Government corporations. If a private sector entity is truly corrupt, it should fail (we now have socialism for the rich, so it's not quite as clear). I could care less how they spend their money, as they are paying for all of their own mistakes. In the case of government, we (the citizen) pays for all of those mistakes. I think the public trust should be more sacred than private interests.

I'm with dearsummer. In a case where something is easily proved to be fraud, the person in question should be charged. How else will we curb future abuse, if we continue to let people get away with their misconduct?

[Hitman21]

There are too many of these bureaucrats who are wasting taxpayers money and they must be fired but too many times nothing happens like this guy

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/08/fed-staffer-axed-for-porn-habit-back-on-job

[flashy_mcflash]

I love that that's your only example of government waste. Every time, same article. You'd think if it were as rampant as you say, you could diversify your sources a bit. That article was probably in the astroturfer handbook, huh?

[Hitman21]

DEARSUMMER you are obsessed with peanuts. You think the bank employees are 100 percent honest? You think the insurance company employees are 100 percent honest. You think the Apple employee is 100 percent honest? Only in the civil service is there transparency and the ability for characters like you to pull out this stuff and cry out how the system is failed.

Try watching Inside Job and see the trillions... yes trillions in damages certain individuals caused in the US and around the world and got rich by it. This affected all of our lives in a major way.

Also, listen to this Charile Munger video about the dangers of less bureaucracy and regulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XlBrohrIUc

Oh look its you again :facepalm:

I cant believe you think its perfectly alright for the bureaucrats to waste taxpayer money