Canadian Press
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a former Mountie who was fired after going public with claims about corruption at the Canadian High Commission in Hong Kong.
As is normal in leave-to-appeal cases, the high court gave no reasons for its decision. Robert Read, an RCMP corporal and a 26-year veteran of the force, gave the media documents alleging corruption and coverup at the diplomatic mission.
In 2002, an internal adjudication board upheld allegations of disgraceful conduct against Read and ordered him to quit or be fired.
A year later, an RCMP review committee said Read was justified in his actions and ordered him reinstated, but senior Mounties rejected that decision and upheld the firing.
In 2005, the Federal Court refused Read’s application for judicial review, as did the Federal Court of Appeal last fall.
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