Postmedia: Disgraced bureaucrat Christiane Ouimet getting $400,000 in severance

[tuvor]

OTTAWA — The federal government is paying $400,000 in severance to Christiane Ouimet, the disgraced former public-sector integrity commissioner who resigned in haste last fall, Postmedia News has learned.

The sum is based on a calculation of a year-and-a-half of Ouimet's salary and benefits.

She also qualifies for her pension.

The severance pay is documented in a file the Privy Council Office sent to members of a House of Commons committee who requested communications between the office and Ouimet for their study of the former commissioner's performance and departure.

The Privy Council — the public service agency which serves the Prime Minister's Office and cabinet — asked that the committee keep confidential the document detailing the severance.

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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Disgraced+bureaucrat+Christiane+Ouimet+getting+severance/4380251/story.html

[shockedcanadian]

1. These are the types of stories that infuriate Canadians...

But sadly noone cares enough to do anything about it. Mislead the public, undermine democracy and profit.

I suppose some people don't see how their actions affect everyone else in the long run.

[whosinpower]

2. These stories are buried -

That is the problem.

[tuvor]

3. They're not buried at all...

http://news.google.ca/news/search?aq=0&pz=1&cf=all&ned=ca&hl=en&q=christiane+ouimet&oq=Christiane+Ouimet