It is a matter of record that I am a former Canadian broadcasting industry insider — diagnosed with bipolar disorder — and that I am presently a social worker and mental health advocate in Australia (LinkedIn).

In 2016, I provided information and documents to Justin Trudeau — while he was prime minister — and requested that he initiate an investigation into evidence of a well-documented case of long-term systemic corruption at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), one which started while I was employed in the broadcasting industry. A copy of my open letter to Mr. Trudeau is posted on this homepage. 

Copies of key documents provided to Mr. Trudeau at that time are available in the Documents Archive on this website, as well as addressed in 'One Media Law: A case study of regulatory capture, systemic corruption and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission'.

As documented, I requested Mr. Trudeau to acknowledge receipt of the information and documents. 

Mr. Trudeau did not acknowledge receipt of the information and documents, nor did he initiate an investigation into the CRTC. To the contrary, the Trudeau government actually increased the statutory authority of the CRTC by enacting the Online Streaming Act.

Stigma, prejudice and discrimination continue to be major barriers to recovery for people with mental health conditions and Patrick W. Corrigan is a world-leading expert on this subject.

Days after I provided information to Justin Trudeau about the case of corruption involving the CRTC — which I call the File 1000-121 Affair — Professor Corrigan sent Mr. Trudeau an open letter: a copy is posted on this homepage.

As documented, Professor Corrigan addresses my experience of severe bipolar disorder in Canada and recovery in Australia in his letter to Mr. Trudeau, stating: "Knowledge of Mr. Mahar's story will serve to challenge the stigma of mental illness, raise awareness of recovery, and inspire hope for people with mental health problems and their families."

Specifically, Professor Corrigan states: "If you choose to initiate an investigation into the company subsidy scheme as requested by Mr. Mahar, there will inevitably be media coverage of his public interest campaign to address this issue., including his personal experience of severe mental illness and recovery. Knowledge of Mr. Mahar's story will serve to challenge the stigma of mental illness, raise awareness of recovery, and inspire hope for people with mental health problems and their families."

It is also a matter of record that I generated questions in Parliament in 1995 (YouTube-Hidden CRTC Tax) and 2008 (YouTube-Canadians Owed More Than $1.2 billion).

I am going to try to generate questions in Parliament for a third time in a campaign I've named "The File 1000-121 Affair: Strike Three".

To that end I've started writing about the case of goverment corruption — and my experience of mental illness and recovery while challenging it — in a free Substack publication for (https://keithmahar.substack.com/).