Peter Guy Silverman OOnt[2] (5 July 1931 – 7 October 2021) was a Canadian broadcast journalist based in Toronto, Ontario.
He was host of Silverman Helps, an ombudsman-type feature for consumers that began in 1989, and ended on 4 June 2008 when he was dismissed without cause by Citytv's owner, Rogers Media.
In 1994, he was honoured by the Toronto Police with a citation for his work in revealing a computer fraud case.
[7] The following year, he was nominated for another Gemini in the Best Reportage category for the King West Opticians story.
[10] In 2012, Silverman was presented with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for his continuing volunteer work with NGOs.