He still has some powers. The essence of my remarks is that the commissioner, or the next commissioner, should make greater use of his current powers and that it would be desirable for the House of Commons and the Senate to better regulate this discretionary power, to first force him to do more.
Second, if he does more, he of course needs more money, which means that his budget must also be increased.
Mrs. Boucher, in addition to intervening in court, commissioners have several other ways of exercising their power. Some federal commissioners have the power to issue orders, for example, and others have the power to rule on cases or to force the use of arbitration. So it's not just a question of going to court, although it would be much better if they could do more. In my opinion, at the risk of repeating myself, it is unfortunate, if not ridiculous, that someone like Mr. Thibodeau should have to represent himself in court with the commissioner behind him when it should actually be the other way around.