Thank you, Chair.
In the circumstances, an individual comes forward who has a concern with regard to conduct or violence in the workplace. If that process of investigation is allowed to go on for an infinite amount of time, that individual will simply be revictimized, or the potential is there for that to happen. They're not only victimized or acted against by someone within their workplace, but then also by the system itself that has been put into place to protect them. There's no mandated time here. If an investigation isn't done for a year, two years, or three years, that individual will be sitting there waiting for this process to take place. As a result, if that process doesn't actually wrap up within a set amount of time, then that person is in fact victimized by the system or policy that has been put in place to protect them.
It would seem commonsensical, I suppose you could say, to put a time period in place during which, or by which, the investigation has to be wrapped up in order to protect the person who is coming forward with a concern. They need to know that the investigation will be carried out in a timely fashion and that a conclusion will be reached promptly.