Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would only reinforce or perhaps clarify one point.
The last time Mr. Sauvageau spoke, he mentioned that we want the commissioner to be the one to determine vexatious or malicious complaints, but his amendment takes out the very section that contemplates giving the commissioner that ability. Under the heading “Mandate and Powers of the Commissioner”, there would be no adjudication as to malicious or vexatious complaints.
That's a necessary or key component of any office of this nature. In fact, in some offices of this nature there are very stiff penalties associated with making a malicious complaint. For instance, in the whistle-blowing section, if you make a malicious complaint—if you're really just trying to perform industrial sabotage with your whistle-blowing—and the officer of whistle-blowing determines that, you're up for stiff sanctions for throwing a wrench into the works. It's another good reason not to support the Bloc amendment.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])