Legislation & Regulations

Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act (PIDWA)

Understanding The Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act (PIDWA)

The Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act (PIDWA) and Regulations provide provincial government employees, and members of the public, with a reporting process to disclose allegations of government wrongdoing. The Act also provides protection for government employees who make a disclosure, in good faith, and subsequently face reprisal. 

A wrongdoing is defined as:

  • a contravention of provincial or federal statutes or regulations if the contravention related to official activities of the employee or any public funds or assets;
  • a misuse or gross mismanagement of public funds or assets, (the Regulations further define gross mismanagement);
  • an act or omission that creates a substantial and specific danger to the life, health or safety of persons or the environment, or;
  • directing or counselling someone to commit a wrongdoing.

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