Whistleblowing reports skyrocket, and so do reprisals
Formal disclosures of suspected wrongdoing made under Canada’s whistleblowing legislation climbed from 247 submissions in 2020-21 to 626 last year, according to official reports. Allegations of reprisal for making protected disclosures also rose from 46 to 89 during the same period. Both numbers are the highest on record since the implementation of Canada’s main whistleblowing law twenty years ago.