The cases that have been referred to the committee, Mr. Chair, have gone through an internal process at the first level. There has been no decision made by the commissioner before the case is referred to the committee. It's only when the member has presented a grievance to level two or when a member has appealed a discipline ruling of an adjudication board within the RCMP in their internal process that the matter is brought to the commissioner for a decision.
Before the commissioner makes a decision, the law says that the case has to be referred to the committee, which is not part of the RCMP. We do a full review. We prepare recommendations and findings that are given to the parties as well as to the Commissioner of the RCMP. The law requires that the commissioner consider those recommendations. If the commissioner doesn't follow them at the appeal decision level or at the level two grievance level, the commissioner is required to explain the reasons why our recommendations were not followed. The course after that, if the member wants to pursue it, is with the Federal Court on judicial review.