Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I learned an expression in English. I used to say “appeler un chat un chat”, but in English it's “call a spade a spade”.
We want to give the bill some teeth. We supported it at second reading and we are studying it in committee. Compared to other pieces of legislation, the bill seems to be full of good intentions, but it looks like a declawed cat.
My first question is for you, Mrs. Poirier. You mentioned small businesses. I’m bringing it up because we’re going to propose an amendment. In the case you raised, the supervisor is the subject of the complaint. The employee may not want to tell their supervisor that they feel they are being assaulted and harassed and that things are not right. Who could they turn to? That is the question we are asking ourselves, and we would like to clarify it in our amendment. Will they have to turn, for example, to the Ministry of Labour or the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board, as they can, at the provincial level, in non-unionized environments, where the employees turn to the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail?
I would like to hear what you have to say about that, please.