O Canada! In the free and glorious land of Trudeau, it’s not a crime to alter the lyrics of the country’s national anthem but safeguarding the rights of the whistle blowing heroes certainly is.

Trudeau’s Canada has been a target of much criticism for one or the other reason. This time it is the “Whistleblower” protection laws. Canada’s whistleblower protection laws are among the weakest in the world, tied with Lebanon and Norway. And, now even the European Court has acknowledged the same.

From the Panama Papers, to WikiLeaks, to Watergate, whistleblowers have been pivotal in revealing corruption and breaches of the public trust. For this reason, laws protecting whistleblowers are entrenched in every nation’s judicial fabric but not in Canada.

Whistleblower protection laws of Canada have received serious criticism from international watchdogs.

Whistleblower protection laws in Canada is still in effect as of the start of the 2023 legislative session, and there is no convincing government plan to change it any time soon. Meanwhile, a significant judgement from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) demonstrates starkly how Canada’s democracy has regressed on this matter.

According to the Government Accountability Project, Lebanon, Norway, and Canada all have some of the lowest whistleblower protection laws in the world. The PSDPA was put into effect 17 years ago, but the project was particularly critical of the fact that just eight retaliation cases had been heard by the...

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