Government Operations committee  Yes. It was hinted that we should find ways to.... “Oh, but he didn't go to the appointment he had for his work, and—”

Government Operations committee  Okay.

Government Operations committee  We were approaching the end of the fiscal year, and I realized that there were quotas. Every month, we would receive report cards congratulating us, for example, on having saved $370,000 in employment insurance and we were told that we had to make further efforts. The report card

Government Operations committee  We actually talked about it among colleagues. I also talked about it with my team leader. Sometimes, they would not say good morning to me, but would rather say: “Hey, Sylvie, have you finally put the penalty on this guy?” In reality, there was no penalty to be imposed in that

Government Operations committee  Okay. So I don't need to come back to that. I was told that the only way to proceed was to go through the grievance process. That is what I did. Fortunately, I had Mr. Yazbeck to help me, as the experience was horrible. I went through two years of hearings and so forth. It was v

Government Operations committee  That's okay with me, but I don't know whether all these people want to stay. Do they have no choice?

Government Operations committee  I have a short opening statement.

Government Operations committee  I want to thank the committee for giving me the opportunity to speak to you.

Government Operations committee  I prepared everything in English, but I can talk about it in English or in French. I just want to talk about my whistleblowing experience. It was very difficult. You talked about various ways to proceed when making a disclosure. I started out by going through the internal chann