Government Operations committee  She's the one.

Government Operations committee  It's so vague and so large. I'm going to come back to the credibility of the complaints that are made. I think the first thing to do would be to ensure that complaints are acted upon and that people who report these situations are listened to. I believe that Bill C‑290 will prov

Government Operations committee  I wouldn't see how it would create division.

Government Operations committee  You go.

Government Operations committee  I think that would allow for much more transparency and acceptance. In fact, no one is immune: mistakes and abuses happen everywhere. To accept that there are some is also to grow and also to get back on your feet, to have a stronger system, to have clearer rules and to fully acc

Government Operations committee  It was Zimbabwe or something like that. I'm neither proud nor happy to know that our country, Canada, is so far behind in this area. I find that hard to believe. I mean, come on. It's the workers who are supposed to make the change. It's terrible, what we're hearing. What Ms. Gu

Government Operations committee  There were threats to take away our pensions. We were reminded that we were bound by confidentiality. That confidentiality was for the work I was doing, not for the abuse I was experiencing. When a person is traumatized, when they are shaken, they no longer have all their head t

Government Operations committee  I know of four. There's one I don't know personally, but it came to my attention. However, I know three public servants who tried to take their own lives because they were caught in a retaliation situation.

Government Operations committee  They were great friends.

Government Operations committee  I've done some research on that, but I honestly don't know. But I think that long-term sick leave is very often associated with situations like that, so you just have to look at the number of public servants on long-term sick leave to get a sense of how many people have been unde

Government Operations committee  I've been in therapy since 2014. Even today, I have a great deal of difficulty trusting others and forming interpersonal relationships. I still have nightmares and anxiety. Yes, I still have a lot of symptoms. I think that for someone suffering from post-traumatic stress, it's li

Government Operations committee  I'm sure that today I would still be standing on my own two feet and would still have my career. So no, I wouldn't have been in this situation if Bill C‑290 had been in force. I would have had a minimum protection, as would Mr. Sabourin. We would still be in Ottawa working, and w

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  No, the public can't know about it. It's hidden, completely hidden. When someone talks about it, what they say is discredited, because it's too big. We tell ourselves that it's not possible for this to happen in a machine, in a developed country like ours. Yet, it is, indeed, pos

Government Operations committee  This protection is essential because, when someone blows the whistle, a lot of things are at stake: their emotional state, their physical state, their family, and so on. If no one can protect these people, all that will happen is that nothing will be said, no one will blow the wh