We think the amendment goes beyond the scope of the bill as passed at second reading.
But more importantly, Mr. Chair, this is not the right place to enshrine time limits for grievances. They should be governed by regulation. They should be governed, as is often the case, by more flexible means than legislation. And that is the case right now.
There are service standards. There are impressive efforts under way to overcome the grievance backlog. As Mr. Harris himself has said, there's been progress made on that front.
But there are cases, grievances of sufficient gravity, where more than 12 months is required. And that has been the case in the past.
I would challenge any member of our committee to argue that there have not been cases of a complexity that would have required occasionally, from time to time, more than 12 months. We would hate to see the ability of the grievances committee to do its job effectively, to look at all aspects, to allow for due process in a very complex case, fettered by an arbitrary time limitation of 12 months in the legislation.