Bill Detail
An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act
This enactment amends the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act to, among other things, expand the application of the Act to additional categories of public servants, permit that a protected disclosure be made to an officer within the portion of the public sector in which the public servant is employed, extend the period during which a reprisal complaint may be filed and add a duty to provide support to public servants.
Bill C-432 proposes changes to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, which allows federal public servants to report wrongdoing. The bill aims to strengthen protections for whistleblowers by expanding who qualifies as a public servant under the Act, allowing disclosures to be made to an officer within their own department, and extending the time limit for reporting retaliation. It also introduces a duty for departments to provide support to public servants who make disclosures.