It is more legalistic. However, we do have experience in other domains of a situation where you have conciliatory powers and investigatory powers and order-making powers. In fact, I had some experience in that before coming into politics in civilian oversight of law enforcement. The key factor was that before it gets to the tribunal--the quasi-judicial part of it, which is the order-making--the information is completely confidential. At the level of conciliation or mediation, the parties have complete confidence that it will remain confidential if there is an agreement. If, on the other hand, there is not an agreement and the commissioner has to go to order-making powers, then it becomes a public process.
On November 22nd, 2006. See this statement in context.