I would just like to add to my colleague's comments.
In the “Remedies” section on page 7 of the bill, there is a duplication of mechanisms. The following has been proposed:
25.(1) Every victim who is of the opinion that any of their rights under this Act have been infringed or denied by a federal department, agency or body has the right to file a complaint in accordance with its complaints mechanism.
It then states:
25.(2) Every victim who has exhausted their recourse under the complaints mechanism and who is not satisfied with the response of the federal department, agency or body may file a complaint with any authority that has jurisdiction to review complaints in relation to that department, agency or body.
So there are two processes here. One was created for the federal departments and agencies that have an obligation to apply this bill, but there is also a provincial side.
The parliamentary secretary is saying that we do not have to tell the provinces how to apply this bill, but it remains that a large part of this application will fall to the federal departments. So we could at least look at how the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights will apply at the federal level. That is part of our role, as Canadian parliamentarians.
We could ask the minister to review his position. It is true that we cannot tell the provinces what to do, but it is our responsibility to consider what will happen in the federal departments and institutions.