I don't think it's a worthwhile endeavour.
I'm in contact almost on a daily basis with communities impacted by Canadian extractive operations. They're my partners and my colleagues. There was a lot of anticipation, a lot of excitement, around what the government's response would be to the round table process. A number of those colleagues were expert witnesses who participated in the round table process, and there is great disappointment with the response in that sense.
Communities and civil society organizations in the south have rightly asked me and other Canadian colleagues what the point is of bringing a complaint. Why would they bother going to the trouble of marshalling scarce resources, their time, to document concerns and then present them to this counsellor when they know there is no obligation on the company to participate?
I agree with you that there is great disappointment worldwide that this is an optional mechanism for companies, and for that reason the bill is extremely important.