Thank you.
I'm glad you asked that question, because currently our procedures provide that a complainant will be advised when the disposition of the complaint is done. We have to remember here that this is a very unique process. I think there is confusion about how that process works.
This is not a statement of claim that's filed before the court while the person who files the statement of claim is a party to the proceedings. This is a disciplinary proceeding. There's a body that's mandated to look at it, and that is council. Council has that expertise and that purview to decide what is a violation of section 99 of the Constitution.
When a complainant files a complaint, they are not a party to a proceeding. Council will take that on. Council's mandate is the search for the truth, and council will do inquiries. There's extensive case law with regard to the rights of the complainants and the duty of procedural fairness for them.
Just to name a few, there's Slansky, from the Federal Court of Appeal, which provides for the transparency and the rights of the complainant, because they don't have standing. Subsection 63(2) of the Judges Act does not give standing to complainants. There is also Cosgrove, from the Federal Court of Appeal, which talks about the publicization and confidentiality of complaints. There are many more. Unfortunately, I didn't hear any case law being mentioned this morning, but there is extensive case law to that effect.
The rights of the complainants are protected. The duty of fairness is protected and the rights they have are very minimal, because we are not in an adversarial mode.