Minority rights advocates say the case of a former diplomat who had to appeal to the Federal Court to force her employer to investigate her discrimination complaints underscores the need to reform whistleblower protection in the public service at Global Affairs Canada.
Nearly four years after her deployment to Kuwait, Madina Iltireh's version of what took place at the embassy there has finally been heard.
According to Global Affairs Canada's (GAC) investigation report, a copy of which was obtained by Radio-Canada, four of her eight allegations against Canada's former ambassador to Kuwait were determined to be founded.
But the report made no specific recommendations.
"But still I don’t see any apology," Iltireh said. "I need the department [to] show me change, that these kinds of things improved, that these kinds of things will never happen again."
She now wants to be compensated for her experience.
I went through hell. - Madina Iltireh, former Canadian diplomat
GAC told Radio-Canada that it cannot comment on individual cases, "or those for which certain steps are or may be underway."
The department added in French that it "applies a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of misconduct
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