I read it with great interest, but I came down on the side that right now an employee has a lot of choice in the channels that he or she picks for dealing with wrongdoing. Some employees feel quite comfortable and would like to disclose wrongdoing within their own organization to a manager or to the senior disclosure officer. Others, for whatever reason, choose to go to the commissioner. I think that they should have that range of choice.
If they're not feeling comfortable within the department or the ministry, I think that having the arm's-length commissioner is a good thing. If they are comfortable, however, and would feel that they don't want to go to an outside source....