The advisory committee relies on Mugesera v. Canada, 2005 SCC 40 (CanLII), [2005] S.C.J. No. 39, for the standard of proof required for “reasonable grounds” in administrative law. In that decision the court found that reasonable grounds to believe requires something more than mere suspicion but less than the applicable standard of proof in civil matters of proof on a balance of probabilities. In matters of fact, reasonable grounds will exist where there is an objective basis for the belief based on compelling and credible information. The advisory committee says that they did not find an objective basis for the complaint based on compelling and credible information on the information provided and therefore there was no basis on which to send the complaint to a committee of inquiry.
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