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Should the government pass laws which protect whistleblowers?

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Yes
18%
No
71%
Yes
16%
No
7%
Yes, but only if the information was legally obtained
2%
No, but reduce their sentences
5%
Yes, but only if releasing the information does not threaten our national security

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 @B46V7MRfrom Alberta  answered…3 days3D

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.

 @9VRBTLCfrom Manitoba  answered…6mos6MO

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

 @8P3F3JTfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Whistleblowers must be protected.

 @8NZWYH6from Manitoba  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes and whistle blowing should be encouraged as it would be in most other work places, if rules are not being followed report it immediately.

 @tofutofufrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, definitely. Transparency needs to be prioritized and businesses and officials (etc.) need to be held responsible for their actions. Whistleblowers deserve protection, not prosecution. Finding information through illegal means is still done with the benefit and intention of bringing to light harmful and illegal activities of often times powerful people and businesses, so I do not think one should ever be punished when trying to achieve transparency.

 @8CRV6LZfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes and make sure they work and are easy and effective to the whistleblower.

 @8VQH32Vfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Shouldn't be invokved

  @8TXVXMLfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, if they're information proves true and leads to convictions. Anyone falsely accused has rights.

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