It's very good to see you, my honourable colleague. I hope one day that we will all be able to be together again, once we're beyond COVID.
You're absolutely right that the NCP is a very important tool. It does work with and complement the CORE. What the NCP cannot do that the CORE can do is initiate complaints when they are brought forward. The NCP does not make public findings on the matters they undertake in the same way the CORE does. The CORE can take on fact-finding and investigative matters and is able to report publicly at any stage. The CORE has a measure of independence and is able to conduct its work with companies and with the complainants and do the work of dispute resolution between the parties.
I'll draw us back to why it's an important tool and what it is that I believe we all want. We all want Canadian companies to be good actors globally. We want to provide them with the tools that are necessary to help them with prevention of dysfunction, under the leadership of Ms. Meyerhoffer, who was appointed after an open, transparent, and merit-based process, and who has excellent experience. I have every confidence in her background and skill set and her ability to carry out the work as the ombudsperson for responsible enterprises.