Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses who are with us today.
Unfortunately, given the time we have, I will only be able to ask a few questions. I'd like to start with Ms. Myers.
Ms. Myers, you indicated that the European model would probably be the best one going forward in terms of protection of public servant whistle-blowers. I think that would be a place where we would like to take a very close look.
Before I ask my question, I should quickly give a bit of an overview. We understand that Bill C-290, of course, is a private member's bill. There is only so far that it can go in terms of being able to do what Mr. Devine indicated with respect to changing the culture. There are other aspects that would have to come from a government bill to be able to do that. I know the government is considering and working towards updating the PSDPA.
Ms. Myers, Bill C-290, which is before us here, includes an opportunity to remove the references to “good faith” and “reasonable grounds” from the screening sections of the act. I asked one of our witnesses here last week the same question that I'd like to ask you. If you were to remove that aspect, and if there is no sense of requiring that the whistle-blower reasonably believes that what they're reporting is true, is there a possibility therefore that it could lead to some frivolous or perhaps intentionally malicious disclosures? Have you seen that in other jurisdictions?