Report: Include CAF, CSIS & CSE Under Whistleblower Law Protection

[The Bread Guy]

Time to let CAF/CSIS/CSE members have more whistleblower protection for more hush-hush stuff?

MSM version on the latest review of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) ....

Bring military, spy agencies under federal whistleblower law, review report urges

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 whistleblowing regime. The recommendation is among almost three dozen suggested changes in the newly released review of the Public...

halifax.citynews.ca

... and info-machine version (archived version) ...

Strengthening Whistleblower Protection: The Report of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act Review Task Force - Canada.ca

www.canada.ca

... with the bit on allowing CAF/CSIS/CSE more whistleblower protection:

... We heard from stakeholders that these exclusions are due to national security concerns or, in the case of the Canadian Armed Forces, its unique chain of command. However, while there is no evidence that excluding organizations results in less comprehensive protection from reprisals for employees in these organizations, we heard from several stakeholders, including members of the internal disclosure community involved with special operational information, that all federal public servants should have the option to make a disclosure internally or to the PSIC (Public Sector Integrity Commissioner).

We heard that public servants currently have no way to disclose wrongdoing that involves restricted special operational information unless it pertains to possible offences under an Act of Parliament. We also heard that it may be possible to authorize the PSIC to receive disclosures of wrongdoing that contain restricted special operational information through an amendment to the Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act.

Ultimately, we believe that it is neither necessary nor appropriate to exclude any federal government organizations from the definition of public sector in the PSDPA. Measures can be put in place to address and resolve concerns while giving employees the option to submit disclosures either to the PSIC or within their organization. Such measures would include ways to ensure that the PSIC is able to receive restricted information and analyze and assess that information ...