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Should the government pass laws which protect whistleblowers?

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84%
Yes
16%
No
74%
Yes
15%
No
6%
Yes, but only if releasing the information does not threaten our national security
1%
No, but reduce their sentences
4%
Yes, but only if the information was legally obtained

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 @B46V7MRfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

This is a bad question. A whistleblower who does not threaten the government is no whistleblower at all, and any protection that the government might extend to them would either be performative or politically expedient. The presumption that the government would or could protect a legitimate whistleblower whose actions threatens regime power, is naive at best. Under our system where our rights are granted to us by the government, you would be a true moron to think in that circumstance an individual would be granted any rights or protections at all.

 @BBC5NCKfrom Ontario  answered…4mos4MO

This entirely depends on what info it was like if it was on a pedofile then yeah protect the person that released the info but if it is just blackmail then don’t protect them

 @B8MNFGJfrom Ontario  answered…7mos7MO

Only if: 1. Their sentences are reduced. 2. The information was legally obtained. 3. As long as the info does not threaten our national security.

 @9VTFF29from Nova Scotia  answered…2yrs2Y

Decide on a casa by case bases

 @B7RXK6Kfrom Ontario  answered…8mos8MO

Yes only if the information was legally obtained and only if releasing the information does not threaten our national security

 @B4KJ9LBfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Whistleblowers who have legitimate concerns about something they see happening need to be encouraged to come forward, but their claims and intentions need to be vetted thoroughly before becoming public domain.

 @9VRBTLCfrom Manitoba  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only if the information was legally obtained, and the release of the information would not be a threat to national security.

 @8T25G6Cfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes but only if the information released with legally obtained and non threatening to our national security

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