Watchdog Finds Mismanagement, ‘Disturbing’ Lack of Disclosure at Defence Department

The facade of the headquarters of the Department of National Defence is pictured in Ottawa, on April 3, 2013. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

The Department of National Defence broke the federal whistleblower law by not being transparent about the results of investigations into wrongdoing, the federal integrity watchdog said in a report released Tuesday.

Joe Friday, the public sector integrity commissioner, shared what he called “disturbing” findings that both the Defence Department and the Canadian Armed Forces have a pattern of keeping Canadians in the dark over internal investigations of wrongdoing.