Bill C-457 (Historical)

Whistle Blowers Protection Act

An Act respecting the protection of whistle blowers and to amend the Auditor General Act, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Staff Relations Act

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 2, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-288 (38th Parliament, 1st session) Whistle Blower Rights and Protection Act

C-457 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) Whistle Blowers Protection Act

C-206 (37th Parliament, 1st session) Whistle Blowers Protection Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-457s:

C-457 (2019) An Act to amend the Employment Equity Act

C-457 (2012) An Act to repeal the Clarity Act

C-457 (2010) An Act respecting the Insurance Business (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations

C-457 (2009) An Act respecting the Insurance Business (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations

C-457 (2007) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (interest rates on debts owed) and to make a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Regulations

Other House mentions

Whistle Blowers Protection ActRoutine Proceedings

October 20th, 2003 / 3:10 p.m.

See context

NDP

Pat Martin NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-457, an act respecting the protection of whistle blowers and to amend the Auditor General Act, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to introduce this bill today, which would have the effect of introducing a legal framework for true whistleblower protection in the country. More and more people feel strongly that this is long overdue, especially in light of the recent horrific example of the Radwanski scandal.

The reason this bill calls for amending the Public Service Staff Relations Act and the Auditor General Act is that we believe the Auditor General's office should be the proper place to which whistleblowers may come. We know that they need to come to some place where they feel safe and free of reprisals, and we believe the office of the Auditor General is the right institution to be this new whistleblower office.

I am happy to introduce this legislation today.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)