Thank you.
Professor, I'm not sure if you aware of the Government Accountability Project by one of your, I guess, whistle-blowing colleagues, Tom Devine. He he writes about “'no loopholes' protection for all citizens with disclosures relevant to the public service mission”.
We've heard from various witnesses that one of our weaknesses is that we don't protect people outside the public service, either retired public servants or contractors. I'd love to hear some of your thoughts on how we can protect contractors dealing with our government, those who blow the whistle on waste, wrongdoing, etc. How do we protect their employees, but also how do we protect the contractors and their businesses so that they're not blackballed and driven out of business?