Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Issue 5 - Fourth Report of the Committee

Tuesday, March 27, 2001

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance has the honour to present its

FOURTH REPORT

Your Committee, to which was referred Bill S-6, to assist in the prevention of wrongdoing in the Public Service by establishing a framework for education on ethical practices in the workplace, for dealing with allegations of wrongdoing and for protecting whistleblowers, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Wednesday, January 31, 2001, examined the said Bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:

1. Page 5, Clause 9, by adding after line 25, the following:

"(5) An employee who has made a request under paragraph 9(1)(b) may waive the request in writing at any time.".

(6) Where the Commissioner is not prepared to give an assurance of confidentiality in response to a request made under paragraph (1)(b), the Commissioner may reject and take no further action on the notice.".

2. Page 10, clause 20, by replacing lines 28 to 30, with the following:

"existence or nature of a notice given under subsection 9(1) in respect of which a request for confidentiality has been made under paragraph 9(1)(b) and not waived under subsection 9(5), in such a way as to identify the employee who made the notice.".

Respectfully submitted,

LOWELL MURRAY

Chairman