I think if there had been a strength in whistle-blowing protection for our members, there's a possibility that all of them--not all of them, but a good 100,000 of them working in the public service in various areas--could have uncovered issues that were going on in government long before. But they may or may not have had the ability to come forward.
Obviously we've been fighting for protection for, as I said, three decades on this, and I think what we need is strong whistle-blowing legislation with strong protection for people who bring it. These are the key areas that we feel are absolutely necessary.
Would it have prevented the sponsorship scandal? With or without a crystal ball gaze, I think there may have been some indications of something going wrong had we had some ability to come forward without reprisal.