Are the Liberals trying to kill efforts to fix the whistleblowing law?

It’s very difficult to believe that the Liberals are still ignorant of the benefits of this internationally accepted successful anti-corruption measure.

Bloc Québécois MP Jean-Denis Garon introduced C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, in June 2022 to boost the country’s whistleblower protections. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID HUTTON

May 10, 2023

It’s rumoured on the Hill that Liberals plan to kill the whistleblower protection Bill C-290, perhaps using some kind of filibuster. This is an embarrassing, undemocratic manoeuvre that was last wheeled out to try to block the prime minister’s chief of staff, Katie Telfo...

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