Mr. Speaker, I would hope that particular question would be addressed by the commission itself.
I want to speak to the issue of the level playing field.
I cannot, under the circumstances, imagine a more structurally level playing field. First, a complainant is just that, a complainant. The complainant is not accused of anything. Their liberties are not at risk. A complainant has a complaint about a police officer or the police. They are then afforded an opportunity to bring forward that complaint to a panel. The panel is able to waive normal rules of evidence and listen to that complaint in full. Even after the complaint they will be asked if there is anything else that the complainant would like to speak about.
When they bring forward a complaint about police officers or a complaint about any other matter, they will be subject to an examination by government counsel and by RCMP counsel because the person is complaining about the behaviour and the careers of these particular individuals and they have every right to be very careful in their response to the complaint.