Okay. That's disappointing, given the scale of this crisis, Minister. I'm going to continue to pressure your government to respond to it as the crisis that it is. The $800 million is far from enough. It's inadequate.
In June 2017, this committee tabled a unanimous report recommending sweeping changes to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, which have yet to be implemented. Subsequently, budget 2022 committed $2.4 million over five years to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat to launch a review of the act. Despite the lack of action on this file for years, the assistant deputy minister for people and culture recently put out a call for bargaining agent representatives to apply for two positions on the advisory committee for the review, with less than three business days' notice to respond.
This hasty request raises questions about the quality of the review that will be conducted. It has been apparent for years that Canada's whistle-blowing protection regime is broken and in desperate need of reform. However, the government is spending millions while existing recommendations sit on the shelf.
Can you please provide some details on this new review and how it will deliver value to Canadians?