Merci, Madame.
Whistle-blowing is an important aspect, obviously, of how we do business as public servants. What you're describing is sort of a bridging from Bill C-11 to Bill C-2, and from our point of view, we felt that Bill C-11 didn't have a whole lot of teeth. It didn't give us what we felt was necessary.
If it's a bridging platform, we wouldn't have any opposition to that. I really don't know if I have much of a comment to make on that.
As far as the whistle-blowing aspect in terms of Bill C-2 is concerned, that's another thing we still have under review. We're trying to look at that and ask, what are the merits; what does this do in terms of our members?
I think it's a noble effort to protect public servants and to have them come forward, no question about it, but I think my members, just from the professional code of conduct, would, if they see significant abuses per se, come forward anyhow. But there is some hesitation, no question, in the culture right now, because I don't think there's a sense that public servants feel they would be protected.
In my own personal opinion, I'm not even sure you could even legislate that into the culture, to be honest. I think you can put as much protection out there, but there's still the typical approach that once you become a whistle-blower, you're labelled. I think that's a significant cultural change, not just in the public service but in industry as well.
It's a difficult one, and I'm not sure if you're going to resolve that through legislation.