Sandy Novak


Country Canada
State French Southern Territories
City Regina
Address 601 - 1919 Saskatchewan Drive
Phone 3067875645
Website www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca

Sandy Novak Reviews

  • May 6, 2014

Will Former FCAA Investigator Sandy Novak Be Criminally Charged With Perjury?

As reported earlier this year, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan has severely admonished the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (formerly called the Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission) for failure to disclose documents in its possession. In the OIPC Commissioner's Report, the FCAA admitted to having deliberately withheld eight bankers boxes of documents from disclosure to the Respondents involved in an administrative proceeding being conducted by the FCAA.

In shocking contrast to the revelations provided in the OIPC's Report, is the sworn testimony and multiple sworn affidavits of the FCAA's staff members, Securities Division Deputy Director Ed Rodonets and former Securities Division Investigator Sandy Novak. During the FCAA's investigation and proceedings, spanning nearly four years' time, both Rodonets and Novak have sworn repeatedly that they had provided the Respondents with full disclosure of all materials gathered during the FCAA's investigation. Additionally, FCAA Securities Division Deputy Director and Legal Counsel Sonne Udemgba has also, both orally and in writing, repeatedly stated that the FCAA had disclosed all materials which the FCAA had gathered during their investigation.

Clearly, the statements and testimony given during these proceedings by FCAA management and staff does not align with the information presented by the Privacy Commissioner in the OIPC's Report. In light of the truths uncovered in the OIPC Report, wherein the FCAA have been shown to have clearly withheld materials which should have been provided to the Respondents - and which the Privacy Commissioner in his Report has also ordered the FCAA to release - the obvious question that begs to be asked is, will these FCAA management and staff face criminal charges related to perjury, suborning perjury and obstruction of justice?

Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

Disclosure Note: I am not a named party in any FCAA action or proceeding. I am reporting on facts which are publicly accessible but not yet widely known.

  • Apr 28, 2014

The Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission (SFSC), now called the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA), has once again, for the second time this year, been severely reprimanded in a scathing report released by the Saskatchewan government watchdog's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC).

The substance of the Report concerns the actions of the FCAA involving their violations of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and The Health Information Protection Act. The Privacy Commissioner has found the FCAA guilty of blatant breaches of the legislated privacy statutes of this province.

During the course of an administrative case being conducted by the FCAA, a formal complaint was filed against the SFSC/FCAA with the Privacy Commissioner's Office. The OIPC launched an official investigation seeking answers as to why the FCAA had willfully disclosed both personal medical and other private information. The FCAA were unable to provide the Privacy Commissioner with any explanation as to why the FCAA had chosen to disregard their obligations to protect such information. Additionally, the FCAA have obstructed and delayed the OIPC's investigation for the past two years.

The Privacy Commissioner's investigation and subsequent Report very clearly concludes that the FCAA were in gross violation of, and had no legal grounds to violate, both FOIP and HIPA. In addition to citing the FCAA for numerous breaches under The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Privacy Commissioner takes particular aim at the FCAA's grievous violations of The Health Information Protection Act.

The Health Information Protection Act statutes were created to safeguard personal private medical information; such information is sacrosanct. Breaches of HIPA are a very serious matter and can mean personal fines of up to $50,000 and $500,000 for an organization. The Commissioner's Report very clearly concludes that the FCAA had no legal grounds nor privilege to do what they did as regards the release of personal medical and other private information, and specifically cites the FCAA for breaching both FOIP and HIPA legislation. Further, Saskatchewan also has a statutory tort for breach of privacy.

While the OIPC Report unjustifiably hides the names of those at the FCAA who are implicated in this matter, as the proceedings associated with this case were open for the public record, these people should also be held to open public scrutiny. The following individuals at the FCAA are directly involved with this matter:

- FCAA Chair Dave Wild;

- FCAA Securities Division Director Dean Murrison;

- FCAA Securities Division Legal Counsel & Deputy Director Sonne Udemgba;

- FCAA Securities Division Deputy Director Ed Rodonets;

- Former FCAA Securities Division lead investigator Sandy Novak;

- FCAA Vice-Chairperson Paul Robinson;

- FCAA Board Member Gordon Hamilton;

- FCAA Board Member Peter Carton;

- FCAA Executive Assistant Pat Murray.

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