That's a fun question, because actually, early on in my time as commissioner, maybe the first couple of years, I had occasion in one of my reports to try to figure out whether somebody was a “friend” or not.
I submitted a general description of what a friend is and it included ideas like having mutual regard beyond mere association. There's a paragraph. You'll find it in one of my early judgments. The interesting thing about that is that it has been picked up across the country by various provinces, and I think the current office continues to use that as a general approach.
The other anecdote there perhaps with respect to friends is that I had one case, way back, where a person was going around saying he was a great friend of some other guy. The case turned on whether he was a friend. I actually found that he was only an acquaintance.
I think that definition is not a bad one. It seems to have stood the test of time in large measure and has been used, so it's worth digging that one up. I've forgotten. I can't quote it exactly.