As noted in the Ontario Law Reform Commission’s Report on Political Activity, Public Comment and Disclosure by Crown Employees (1986), under the common law an employee owes his or her employer the general duties of loyalty, good faith and, in appropriate circumstances, confidentiality.
Comme les auteurs du Report on Political Activity, Public Comment and Disclosure by Crown Employees de la Commission de réforme du droit de l’Ontario de 1986 l’ont fait remarquer, en vertu de la common law, l’employé a envers son employeur le devoir de lui être loyal, d’agir de bonne foi et, lorsque cela s’impose, de taire des renseignements confidentiels.