A communiqué went out to all employees of the RCMP when the act was put into force in April, advising all employees that they have three areas to which they can go under the act. Number one is their supervisor; number two is the senior officer; and as well, they can go to the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner's office.
We are now working with those three areas, because we also are looking at how the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act interacts with the RCMP Act, and those are the meetings that are ongoing with the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner's office, RCMP legal services, professional standards and external review, and my office. And the SRRs are included in that. And what we're looking at is how the new act interacts with the RCMP Act and what policies we may need to change to ensure that they meet the new Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
But we already had policy in 2002 with regard to whistle-blower protection and with the reprisal as well. What we need to do now is ensure that it meets all the legal requirements in how it interacts with the RCMP Act.