Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Maharaj, for being with us here today. It's not easy being the lone panellist here who's getting rapid-fire questions from a number of MPs, so I appreciate your being here.
I'm going to pick up where Monsieur Fortin left off. Perhaps I could frame what I perceive to be his question a little bit differently.
I think in most law societies, in British Columbia anyway, if a person is sanctioned by the law society and the complaint is meritorious—or founded, if you will—then there are often costs assigned against that lawyer. I'm not sure if that's what he was getting at, but from what I can see, that's not an option here.
Can you comment on whether that might appropriate in the circumstances?