We also asked the Attorney General about the Protected Disclosures Bill of 2021. That's the whistleblower's legislation that should protect informants of bad behavior in public life from any negative consequence.
The last we heard about the draft bill is that the government was waiting for input from the joint unions on it since this piece of legislation was a concession on good governance to the unions for the wage cut.
Today, the Attorney General told us that the unions have made written recommendations on the bill:
Hon. Magali Marin- Young, Attorney General
"The unions have written to the committee and there will be further consultations with them on that particular bill. So that bill is subject to review right now. My ministry has been ask to look at recommendations from the unions and to report back to cabinet on the matter."
Reporter
"You are not able to discuss any opinions at this time?"
Hon. Magali Marin- Young, Attorney General
"I think some of the comments from the unions were policy oriented and I don't want to speak ahead of cabinet's decision on those, because that will be a decision of cabinet. There is a list, but I don't have the list with me here today."
Reporter
"What about the recommendation from the unions that they would want to see wider consultation with the public. Do you think the government would be minded to allow that on this particular bill?"
Hon. Magali Marin- Young, Attorney General
"Well yes. Let me just say I have indicated to you that the ministry is under staff in the legal drafting unit, but as a measure of good faith, the government wanted to show the unions that it was serious about goof governance and so it ask us to prioritized good governance bills and the protective disclosures is one of them, so we did not have much chance. The crowns tried to do a comparative review in the region and their draft was based on that review and what they felt could work within the domestic legal framework, but the unions have put forward their comments and we will study them and cabinet will be deciding on those."
