Jaded, Cynical, Disillusioned: Report Says Federal Whistleblowers Fear Reprisal

Jaded, Cynical, Disillusioned: Report Says Federal Whistleblowers Fear Reprisal
CLC President Hassan Yussuff (R) looks on as PSAC President Chris Aylward speaks during a news conference about pay equity in Ottawa on Oct. 31, 2018. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Federal workers are increasingly cynical, skeptical and disillusioned about the idea of reporting wrongdoing in the public service, says a recent survey.

That pessimism is more “palpable and widespread” now than it was before the pandemic, and bureaucrats have become more likely to fear reprisals for whistleblowing.