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Thursday, April 23, 2026

If Justin Trudeau really values transparency, why isn’t he doing more to protect whistleblowers? - Toronto Star

The prime minister has drifted far from his old mantra of sunshine being the best disinfectant, Althia Raj writes.

The Liberal government is failing to follow its own rules. That’s what auditor general Karen Hogan found when she looked into its plans to recoup billions of dollars in COVID-19 benefits given to ineligible recipients.

But when Hogan reported Tuesday that some $27.4 billion may have gone to ineligible individuals and employers, Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier called her figures “exaggerated,” then bizarrely and inaccurately claimed Hogan’s numbers were produced under pressure from the Conservative party.

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