Thank you all for being here, and thank you for sitting for an hour and being grilled.
You must have read the blues from the past two days on the two meetings we've had. Throughout, the common theme was that the act protects the disclosure rather than the whistle-blower. We were even told that the act is more of a paper shield than a metal shield.
One of the whistle-blowers came to us, and talked about his experience. He was not given enough information about asbestos when he was contracted out, and I'm sure you have heard about Mr. Garrett. Despite his attempt to protect the public from exposure, and despite the fact that his employees have been exposed to asbestos, he has gone through a wringer, and he has not been protected.
You were the deputy commissioner, and then he came before you as a Public Service Integrity Commissioner. Could you explain why we are hounding a whistle-blower who's trying to protect the interests of the public?