Of course.
We looked at experiences outside the federal jurisdiction. These experiences are informative. However, a number of them are also complicated. In the case of harassment in the workplace, labour legislation procedures have been combined with criminal proceedings. The level of trauma experienced has also been graded. Our situation isn't quite the same. Our approach is a bit more cautious. I would recommend that the House proceed in stages. Before, we had nothing. Then, we had a three‑month deadline. Even though we don't have any data, we know that the two‑year deadline works well in Quebec. Why not have a two‑year deadline at the federal level?
If by chance we decide later that two years isn't enough, we can perhaps take a look at the situation in other countries, such as France or Belgium. However, I think that we need to take a cautious and reasonable approach, as I said earlier. These changes also affect companies.
I think that two years is a long time compared with the current deadline. This doesn't mean that we can't change the deadline later. If we do change it, I think that we'll be increasing it, not decreasing it.