A “long overdue, vital, and desperately welcome first-step initiative” to update the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act through a private member’s bill should be expanded to include veterans, says Sean Bruyea, a former Royal Canadian Air Force intelligence officer and government accountability advocate.
In remarks to the House Government and Operations Committee on May 1, Bruyea said “serving military members and the [Communications Security Establishment] have their deeply flawed internal complaint mechanisms.”
“This leaves military veterans as the only federally employed demographic without protection,” said Bruyea. “Yet, veterans are deeply vulnerable to the whims of a vengeful bureaucracy.”
Bruyea said more than 100,000 veterans and almost 40,000 family members partially or fully rely on Veterans Affairs for home, medical, and financial support.
And because the organization is the only one that supports veterans and their families, Bruyea said they’re in a “uniquely vulnerable situation.”
Bill C-290, the Public Sector Integrity Act, is a private member’s bill to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. It would provide the foundation for the disclosure of misconduct in the public sector and protection of whistleblowers. The bill, introduced by Bloc Québécois MP Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, Que.), received second reading on Feb. 15, 2023, and is now before the House Government Operations Committee. The federal act hasn’t been reviewed or changed in 17...
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