It might depend.... If I need to contact the individual to gain facts, then I would contact them as part of the interview stage, whether at the administrative review or an investigation. If I have reasonable grounds before even interviewing an individual to send the file to the RCMP, as I'm required to do now, then I would do so.
But before finding a breach of a code in those situations where I've continued on, I would look at ensuring the individual is given an opportunity—and I'm required to do so by legislation—to present his or her views. In the eight reports that I've tabled to Parliament, you actually see where they have been given that right.