Civil Circles

Feds must strengthen protections for public service whistleblowers: unanimous committee report

The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee has released a unanimous report calling for substantial changes to whistleblower protection legislation.

Liberal Yasmin Ratansi, left, Conservative Kelly McCauley, centre, and New Democrat Erin Weir, right, are singing from the same songbook as they join their colleagues on the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee in unanimously supporting a report calling for major changes to legislation protecting government whistleblowers. Photographs courtesy of the House of Commons, Jake Wright, and The Hill Times.

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

June 21, 2017

A Liberal-majority committee is urging the Trudeau government to bolster legislative protections for those exposing government misconduct to ensure a more level playing field between whistleblowers and the powerful bureaucratic institutions they confront. In a unanimous report released last week, t...

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