Workers complain of toxic culture at office of Crown-Indigenous relations minister

At least four complaints have been filed citing a “toxic” working environment in the office of Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, but they have not been resolved, according to a report.

At least one verbal complaint was brought to the minister, a separate report went to her chief of staff while three verbal complaints went to the Prime Minister’s office, according to the CBC report, citing former staffers.

All complaints were left unresolved, according to the report.

“The office was very toxic,” said one former ministerial staffer who talked to CBC. “That … affected the ability of the office to really move things. It could be toxic and good people don't stay for toxic.”

“Bennett — ultimately, the buck stops there — didn't want to hear about it,” said another former ministerial staffer.

Previously, a former intelligence officer said she experienced discrimination because of her faith while was still a member of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Another spy service employee, who was also Muslim, filed a suit in federal court against CSIS for another case of discrimination.

Also, Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq accused parliamentary security of racial profiling, frequently stopping her to the point that she no longer feels safe.