Bowman wants city employees protected by province’s whistleblower law
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City of Winnipeg employees could soon find themselves under the protection of the province’s whistleblower legislation.
Mayor Brian Bowman announced Wednesday he’ll bring a motion to council requesting civic employees be included in the Manitoba law.
“This is part of the ongoing cleanup (at city hall) we’ve been engaging in now for the last four years,” Bowman told reporters. “We want to see that whistleblower protection is provided, so that individuals can come forward without fear of reprisal.”
City council had asked the province to provide whistleblower protection to civic employees in February 2015, by either amending the City of Winnipeg Charter or the Public Interest Disclosure Act.
While the then-NDP government took no action on the request, the Tory government that replaced it in 2016 passed the Public Interest Disclosure Amendment Act, which enables the province to extend whistleblower protection to municipal employees. The act comes into force Dec. 4.
The province informed all municipalities if they want the protection extended to its employees, each would need to approve a formal resolution from their respective councils by Oct. 15.
Bowman said the Winnipeg motion requests all employees, along with staff of council members and appointees to civic boards and commission, be included in the provincial legislation.
The motion will be debated at next week’s executive policy committee meeting, where it will likely be unanimously supported and sent to the Sept. 20 council meeting.
While it’s taken several years for the provincial government to respond to the city’s request, Bowman said he is pleased with how the government led by Premier Brian Pallister is dealing with the issue.
“This is something I’ve been working on for some time,” Bowman said. “It’s an important step to protect employees as well as the integrity of the institutions which we all serve.”
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca