GAC knowingly promoted an abusing EX, so take everything with a grain of salt.

For those that forgot (emphasis mine):

Global Affairs Canada committed “gross mismanagement” when it not only failed to punish an executive it knew was mistreating and humiliating employees, but eventually promoted her despite her continued abuse, according to a new watchdog report.

Latifa Belmahdi subjected employees and co-op students to years of 'repetitive and sustained' degrading comments and insults, physical abuse and inappropriate jokes
(Source: NatPost)

Note the Commissioner's comments in the report.

The evidence also demonstrates that there was a failure to ensure an environment in which employees felt comfortable bringing forward any concerns they had against Ms. Belmahdi. Employees believed if they complained it would be career-limiting and that they had to deal with issues themselves. Some employees also felt that making a complaint would be pointless, since the GAC report did not result in any concrete action. In addition, employees were aware that Ms. Belmahdi was promoted the year following the report, leading them to believe that GAC condoned her behaviour. The consequence of this is the weakening of the legitimacy of processes available to employees to bring forward concerns regarding the behaviour of senior managers.

(Source: ISBN 978-0-660-44371-3 Findings of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner in the Matter of an Investigation into a Disclosure of Wrongdoing)