Task force reviewing federal whistleblowing regime lacks ‘lived experience’: advocates
The review will also consider the recommendations of the 2017 report issued by the House of Commons committee on government operations and estimates, which considered testimony from 52 witnesses, Salem said.
The task force will produce a public report with recommendations on possible amendments to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. The panel is expected to take 12 to 18 months to complete its work.Although it opposes the government’s approach to the task force, the Ottawa-based whistleblowing research society agrees that an independent review is necessary, as the 2017 Commons committee report “is now out of date.
“There is much new knowledge about properly drafting and implementing laws and disclosure mechanisms since then,” Forward writes in the letter to Fortier. She tells the minister the task force should also include a member with expertise regarding neuroscience research on the basis that harassment and bullying suffered by whistleblowers causes physical damage to the brain.
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