Yes. We are working closely with the RCMP to identify how the existing legislative mechanisms we have can be applied in specific situations.
What we have done is we've created an internal committee in our department that brings together privacy experts, legal advisers, and consular officers to look at specific situations where information could be shared in the public interest with the RCMP. We've also discussed with the RCMP how we can improve our ability to respond to their requests under paragraph 8(2)(e), regarding investigating authority seeking information from us. We found that sometimes we were getting incomplete requests from the RCMP, so we worked with them to make sure there's a standard form that's used and we get standard information.
The last thing we've been doing in our department is working to ensure our consular officers understand their obligations to come to headquarters and advise us when there are cases that should be looked at from a public interest perspective. Those cases are then brought back to headquarters where we bring together the committee and we view the individual cases to make those determinations.
We're improving the internal process, and then improving the process with the RCMP in the interest of being able to share specific information in the public interest.