Ottawa Federal Review Recommends Expanding Whistle-Blowing Regime
Canada's whistleblower laws face urgent overhaul to protect military and spies
OTTAWA - A federal review report says members of the military and key spy agencies should be able to expose wrongdoing and file complaints through the government's whistle-blowing regime.
The recommendation is among almost three dozen suggested changes in the newly released review of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
The report says improvements are "urgently needed" to the law, which allows federal employees to make a disclosure of wrongdoing or file a complaint of reprisal with the public sector integrity commissioner.
The Canadian Armed Forces, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Communications Security Establishment, Canada's cyberspy agency, are currently excluded from the system.
These organizations must have an internal process available to public servants or military members to report wrongdoing.
The review report says it is neither necessary nor appropriate to exclude any federal government organizations from the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
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