Open Letter to the
Members of Parliament of Canada

March 23, 2026

To the Honourable Members of the House of Commons and the Senate of Canada,

I am writing to you because no one else will listen.

Six years ago, I identified conduct inside the Canadian Armed Forces that I believed was consistent with foreign interference targeting Canadian soldiers and the mental-health infrastructure designed to support them. I made a report through channels available to me. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) subsequently initiated a prosecution against me that has continued for six years.

After the disclosure, I was referred for psychiatric evaluation. Dr. Zoe Selhi produced an assessment. The date of that assessment, and its temporal relationship to the date of the disclosure, is on the record. Before the assessment, my service record shows that the PPCLI had trained me, issued me combat equipment and encrypted radios, and deployed me to Afghanistan on classified signals operations.

A family member of mine was killed. My sister, pregnant at the time, lost her partner and did not carry her pregnancy to term. The state has not treated the killing as a matter connected to what I had reported. No investigation of my report has been opened. No finding of accountability has been made in relation to the killing.

I am writing to you because you have the power to change this. Not next year. Not after another study. Now.

I. The Numbers You Published

Your government — the government you serve — has published the following statistics through Health Canada:

• 76,475 Canadians have been killed through Medical Assistance in Dying since 2016
• In 2024 alone, 16,499 people were killed — 45 per day, every day
• MAID now accounts for 1 in every 20 Canadian deaths
• 47% of Track 2 recipients (those not dying) reported loneliness and isolation
• 49% reported feeling like a burden on others
• Track 2 recipients from the poorest housing quintile: 48.3% (expected: 20%)
• 149 people killed in 2024 could have received disability services but did not

These are not my numbers. These are your numbers. Published by your government. In your annual reports. Every single figure can be verified at Health Canada's website.

II. The Laws You Failed to Enforce

The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) requires the President of the Treasury Board to conduct a five-year review of whistleblower protection legislation. That review was legally required by 2012. It has never been conducted. Your government has been in violation of its own statute for 14 years.

The Canadian Forces are exempt from the PSDPA. There is no Military Whistleblower Protection Act in Canada. A Canadian soldier who reports foreign interference inside the military has no statutory protection whatsoever.

In 18 years of operation, the PSDPA Tribunal has ordered zero remedies for whistleblowers. The International Bar Association has ranked Canada's whistleblower protections among the worst in the developed world.

The United States has had a Military Whistleblower Protection Act since 1988. Canada has had nothing for 38 years and counting.

III. The Laws You Passed While Prosecuting Me

During the six years I have been under prosecution for reporting foreign interference, you passed Bill C-70: the Countering Foreign Interference Act. You established the Hogue Commission. You received the NSICOP report identifying parliamentarians who engaged with foreign state actors. You expanded CSIS warrant powers.

You acknowledged that foreign interference is real, that it targets Canadian institutions, and that it is serious enough to warrant new legislation and a public inquiry.

And yet you have done nothing — nothing — to protect the people who report it.

Bill C-70 creates a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry. It creates new criminal offences. It expands intelligence gathering powers. It contains zero provisions protecting whistleblowers.

IV. What I Am Asking You to Do

I am asking for five specific actions. Each is within your power. Each addresses a documented failure.

V. A Final Word

You were elected to serve Canadians. The oath you took was to the people of this country. Not to the institutions that employ you. Not to the parties that nominated you. Not to the systems that sustain your careers.

76,475 Canadians are dead. The poor and disabled are dying at 2–3 times the expected rate. Veterans are being offered death instead of wheelchair ramps. Whistleblowers are being prosecuted instead of protected. The government's own data proves all of this.

The question is not whether you know. After reading this letter, you know. The question is what you do with what you know.

History will record your answer.

Respectfully,

Daniel Perry
Canadian Citizen
tenet-5.github.io

What Happens to This Letter

This letter is part of a permanent public record hosted at tenet-5.github.io. It is not a social media post that can be deleted. It is not a news article that can be retracted. It is a documented legal and political record.

This letter has been submitted to:

• The Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC)
• The DND/CF Ombudsman
• The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (PSIC)
• Relevant parliamentary committee chairs, including NDDN and OGGO

Why sharing matters

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For the legal tools available to ordinary Canadians — including how to file complaints, lay a private information before a Justice of the Peace, and escalate to international bodies — see the Whistleblower Guide →