Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act

Marginal note:Wrongdoings

8 This Act applies in respect of the following wrongdoings in or relating to the public sector:

• (a) a contravention of any Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, or of any regulations made under any such Act;

• (b) a misuse of public funds or a public asset;

• (c) a gross mismanagement in the public sector;

• (d) an act or omission that creates a substantial and specific danger to the life, health or safety of persons, or to the environment, other than a danger that is inherent in the performance of the duties or functions of a public servant;

• (e) a serious breach of a code of conduct established under section 5 or 6;

• (f) the taking of a reprisal against a public servant; and

• (g) knowingly directing or counselling a person to commit a wrongdoing set out in any of paragraphs (a) to (f).