The majority of reprisal complaints that have not been investigated were for reasons that they were outside of the jurisdiction of the public sector, and concerned an entity not within the definition of the public sector. In other instances, the subject matter simply did not correspond to a measure that adversely affects the working or employment conditions of a public servant.
Another jurisdictional issue is when a person has not made a disclosure, and we apply a very liberal definition of disclosure. If a person has had a discussion with their supervisor about something that could relate to a wrongdoing, we give the benefit of the doubt to the person that they have made a protected disclosure.
However, there are cases where it is plain and obvious that the person has simply not made a protected disclosure. Therefore, they may have a legitimate labour relations issue that they wish to have dealt with, but we are not the proper office for that. That represents 50% of cases that are not investigated when it comes to reprisal complaints.