I'd like to thank my colleague for withdrawing NPD-10.
For the clause overall, Mr. Chair, it's not clear how this is useful.
I would like Mrs. Vignola to explain to us why she thinks that would be useful.
The public interest should always be taken into account, especially when we assume that senior management has not co-operated to help whistleblowers. I believe the Commissioner already takes that into consideration when they determine whether or not the case should be referred to the tribunal. The proposed section would remove the obligation to consider the public interest and would prevent us from seeing whether senior management took all of this into consideration.
I'd now like the expert witnesses who are here to tell us what they think of this clause of the bill.