The Treasury Board Secretariat had no immediate comment on whether it would adopt the report’s recommendations.
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 are required to have an internal process available to allow public servants or military members to report wrongdoing.
Review task force members heard that the exclusions from the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act are due to national security concerns or, in the case of the Canadian Armed Forces, its unique chain of command.
But others told them that all federal public servants should have the option to make a disclosure internally or to the integrity commissioner.
The review report says it is “neither necessary nor appropriate” to exclude any federal government organization from the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
The review task force, established in 2022, included a senior public servant, academics, bargaining agent representatives and people with experience in disclosure regimes in provincial or municipal jurisdictions.
Members held in-person and virtual meetings between March 2023 and March 2025.
The report, made public Friday, says many public servants are unaware of the federal whistle-blowing law, what their options are for disclosing wrongdoing and the protections available to them if they come forward.
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