I think it's very important when we look at whistle-blower protection to include the public servants, because what we see happening in other jurisdictions--and there's evidence of this in Canada too--is that agencies with the job of providing oversight actually discourage their inspectors from reporting. There are many reasons why they might want to do that. None of them are good reasons, and none of them are good for the public interest and public health.
Evidence of meeting #11 for Subcommittee on Food Safety in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was food.
A recording is available from Parliament.