Whistleblowing legislation 

May 6, 2004

The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act

PSAC National Presidents statement to the Standing committee on government operations and estimates on Bill C-25:The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. Click here to read Nycole Turmels statement in PDF format.

March 10, 2004

Video Panel Discussion

A panel presentation was held on March 10, 2004 to discuss the need for whistleblowing protection legislation in Canada and to explain how the panelists and their organizations are working to promote this legislation.

Click on High Speed  (HS) or Low speed (LS) to see each presentation. Or click here for transcripts in PDF format or  transcripts in RTF format.

News releases

March 22, 2004

Whistleblowing bill: Too little, too late

Just as the PSAC feared, the whistleblowing bill tabled in Parliament today has no teeth, so the union is stepping up its call for government to negotiate whistleblower protection in the collective agreements of about 100,000 of its members. Read the news release

March 10, 2004

Public service union wary of toothless whistleblowing bill

The Public Service Alliance of Canada, which has been advocating for whistleblower protection for more than 20 years, fears a bill about to be tabled by the Martin government will fall short of what is really needed to protect whistleblowers and public interest. Read the News Release.

November 27, 2003

PSAC tables whistleblowing demand

The PSAC tabled its contract proposal on whistleblowing yesterday during bargaining talks with Treasury Board representatives. Read the news release   View the Presentation: HTML version   or download the PowerPoint slide presentation