Very early in the mandate, we met with the then chair, Justice Blais, who has since been given other responsibility. The three other members, Rick Mosley, Luc Martineau, and Judith Snider, of course, operate at arm's length. But very early on, they consulted us on the rules of practice required under the act.
The tribunal has a very defined role under the act. Only I can apply to the tribunal to determine if there has there been a reprisal or not. If, in fact, all efforts have failed with respect to an investigation and conciliation process—which has to be done with the consent of all the parties—they can also recommend redress if there is conciliation. The tribunal members, of course, have other responsibilities in addition to sitting as a panel, or alone. Also, one other particularity that I find very interesting is that they have ade novo role, meaning they would start the process over again.
So this is a very clear indication that Parliament was very thorough in providing all of the tools to reassure those who are concerned about reprisals, specifically, so that there are very fulsome mechanisms at their disposal.