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Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Clearly, the whistle-blower has to be protected right from the get-go; as soon as they come forward, they should have the opportunity to have someone with them, so that they're not standing alone before any superior in divulging information. I think they need that right from the start, so they themselves have their own witness of what they're bringing forward.

May 16th, 2006Committee meeting

John Gordon

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I don't think there's any guarantee that this bill will do that. I say this because our members are very skeptical of government and how the system works with respect to them bringing forward issues they see at the workplace. Given that they know they have a collective agreement and their collective agreement is not going to come into play if this bill is enacted, what they will see is that you've taken away a protection they already have, however minimal, and put it into this tribunal, which is an unknown area.

May 16th, 2006Committee meeting

John Gordon

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We feel that Bill C-11 doesn't go far enough, and we look for stronger protections. We have negotiated collective agreements that allow us to address the issues on behalf of our members. So the fact of the matter is that, concerning the labour boards in this bill that's coming up--and Bill C-11 doesn't have it either--we feel that we should have the protections built into the whistle-blowing legislation allowing us to go to the labour relations board, because that's where our collective agreement prevails.

May 16th, 2006Committee meeting

John Gordon

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think if there had been a strength in whistle-blowing protection for our members, there's a possibility that all of them--not all of them, but a good 100,000 of them working in the public service in various areas--could have uncovered issues that were going on in government long before.

May 16th, 2006Committee meeting

John Gordon

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you. The Public Service Alliance of Canada wishes to thank all members of the committee for the opportunity to appear on Bill C-2. This legislation will touch the working lives of tens of thousands of public sector workers who are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

May 16th, 2006Committee meeting

John Gordon