I think so.
I don't know how the DND ombudsman works, but one would think that anybody in that position is not working in isolation. First of all, you have a team of investigators--maybe one person, but possibly a team--who are investigating and writing reports and working under the direction of directors, if not managers. They've massaged this issue. They've gone through it. They've looked at it. They've sought legal advice from their legal officers who were on board.
By the time it gets to the ombudsman and there's a round table discussion, it's: “Don't present me with a problem; give me three alternatives and the recommended solution.” That's the way we used to do it, and that's how I would like to think the ombudsman works. He would be intimately involved in that he's receiving periodic updates. He's involved--not intimately involved at that stage--and when push comes to shove and he or she has to submit the decision, it's resting on his or her shoulders. He's not working in isolation.