Over a year ago, we set up a special working group to examine the impact of the new powers to be granted to the Office of the Commissioner. This group examined what these new powers will mean for our resources, our organizational structure, our relations with the communities, and so on.
We are currently working on a deployment plan. As soon as the bill receives royal assent, we will ask the Treasury Board for funding to implement it. This will be followed by a second grant application to maintain it.
One thing is certain: we will need resources that we don't have at present, for example to carry out mediation. At the moment, we don't do mediation. Our organization will become much more litigious and, as a result, we will need lawyers, unfortunately.