I would say that it depends on the investigation, and each case turns on its own facts. In this case, it was not a simple allegation. There was some complexity to the allegation, and the complexity involved also the interviews that I was to conduct.
I don't want to say much more for the reasons that I raised earlier and the potential to taint, but I would say that an investigation of breaches of a code of conduct is different from, say, researching for an article or for a publication in a newspaper. There are obligations to due process and fairness. There are obligations to notify respondent witnesses of the allegations that they are faced with. So, it's not a matter of simply walking through every door and opening every window. There is a gold standard in terms of how one proceeds through these investigations.
I appreciate that it's very frustrating to Canadians that we don't have an outcome yet. This is something that we have seen in the area of sexual violence in the justice sector as well. What I can say is that justice takes time. My investigation is taking time, but justice and fairness sometimes take time.