Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Madam Minister, I'm just going to quote from the McIsaac report very quickly for you. It says, “it is fair to say that without a way to compel the cooperation of entities against which a complaint is made or others who may hold relevant information, the CORE's effectiveness may be compromised.”
We've also heard from the CORE, Ms. Meyerhoffer, on Global News. She does feel she could be more effective if she had extended powers. She has said that publicly.
I'm interested in knowing what the rationale would be for not giving the CORE the ability to compel testimony and witnesses. We know that Canadian companies that are adhering to good practice wouldn't care because they would not be compelled or complained against, but bad companies would care.
Why are you sticking up for bad Canadian companies that are not adhering to human rights? Why not give that power to compel testimony and witnesses? What is the rationale for that?