I want to thank my colleague, Ms. Quach.
I want to tell my colleague that the intention behind that amendment is to get the department, the experts and the inspectors to intervene. Currently, their role is to manage the process. However, sometimes the process is long and fastidious and it can be a torture for the employee, especially in a small business. So we have to offer another option.
This was in fact done, among others, by the Quebec Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail. We can learn from the best practices that are used elsewhere. In this way, the government and the department employees would play an active role in prevention and especially in helping to resolve harassment cases.
If we want to send a real signal, it's important. We always drop the ball into the employer's court without having any mechanism that allows us to say that things have gone too far. This may affect our effectiveness in reaching the act's objective. We have to give ourselves a tool for small enterprises.
I am aware of the fact that this is an innovative measure, but it seems to be the best way to attain the law's objective, which is to reduce workplace harassment.