Editing Whistleblowing (section)

===Canada===
The [[Public Sector Integrity Commissioner]] (PSIC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psic-ispc.gc.ca/|title=Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada|first=Web Experience|last=Toolkit|website=www.psic-ispc.gc.ca}}</ref> provides a safe and confidential mechanism enabling public servants and the general public to disclose wrongdoings committed in the public sector. It also protects from reprisal public servants who have disclosed wrongdoing and those who have cooperated in investigations. The office's goal is to enhance public confidence in Canada's federal public institutions and in the integrity of public servants.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Government of Canada|first1=PSIC|title=Background, Objectives, Scope|url=http://www.psic.gc.ca/eng/content/background-objectives-scope|publisher=Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner|access-date=16 June 2014|archive-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224105846/http://www.psic.gc.ca/eng/content/background-objectives-scope|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Mandated by the ''[[Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act]]'', PSIC is a permanent and independent agent of [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]]. The act, which came into force in 2007, applies to most of the [[Structure of the Canadian federal government|federal public sector]], approximately 400,000 [[Public Service of Canada|public servants]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Government of Canada|first1=PSIC|title=The Servants Disclosure Protection Act|url=http://www.psic.gc.ca/eng/aboutus/psdpa|publisher=Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner|access-date=16 June 2014|date=10 September 2013|archive-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201071431/http://www.psic.gc.ca/eng/aboutus/psdpa|url-status=dead}}</ref> This includes government departments and agencies, parent Crown corporations, the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] and other federal public sector bodies.

Not all disclosures lead to an investigation as the act sets out the jurisdiction of the commissioner and gives the option not to investigate under certain circumstances. On the other hand, if PSIC conducts an investigation and finds no wrongdoing was committed, the commissioner must report his findings to the discloser and to the organization's chief executive. Also, reports of founded wrongdoing are presented before the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] and the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] in accordance with the act.

The act also established the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal (PSDPT) to protect public servants by hearing reprisal complaints referred by the [[Public Sector Integrity Commissioner]]. The tribunal can grant remedies in favour of complainants and order disciplinary action against persons who take reprisals.