Thank you.
In the same report from the commission, the chief commissioner herself recommended that there be an opportunity for court costs, legal costs, to be awarded to the defendant, to the person who's responding to the complaint, in cases where there is abuse. In my mind, it would seem that.... Well, in a real court of law, we know that court costs can be awarded not only for frivolous or vexatious lawsuits, but also in cases where a person was innocent and the judge felt it appropriate that the complainant bear the costs, whether or not it was abusive.
Would you agree that costs in these situations should be allowed to be awarded to those individuals who are in fact innocent, keeping in mind that complainants do not have the benefit of legal advice provided, as it is to the complainants themselves? The system is very skewed against the person who is trying to defend his reputation, and it would seem to me that having a regular process where a complainant has to keep in mind that he might have to pay the court costs of the person they're complaining against would be a good deterrent against frivolous or vexatious complaints.