This is a new clause 4.1.
We've had good discussions with the Bloc Québécois on this issue. We understand that in drafting its initial proposal, it wanted to ensure that whistleblowers would have a greater choice of people to whom they could turn to make disclosures. However, the Bloc Québécois proposal opened the door too wide because, quite frankly, it allowed anyone to be contacted. We know that not everyone has the capacity or ability to receive disclosures.
That said, there needs to be more than one person in the senior public service or in a department designated to receive disclosures. I hope that our proposal is a good compromise. It would involve designating at least one other person, in addition to the person responsible in each department and agency. This would provide a wider range of people to whom complaints could be made about a problem or wrongdoing in the public service.