So in essence we're leaving out a number of people who would be working on behalf of the federal government--not directly, but certainly in terms of crown research and the delivery, in some cases, of services. They are people who are making their living by way of federal remuneration, but they are not covered by this part of the bill that we would call the whistle-blower act.
On June 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.