Public Safety Committee on May 8th, 2007

[Supt Gordon B. Schumacher]

Yes, the provincial RCMP is a contract situation.

[Dave MacKenzie, Conservative, Oxford, ON]

If somebody goes into the witness protection program outside of the city of Winnipeg, who pays for that?

[Supt Gordon B. Schumacher]

You're asking me to speak for the RCMP, but I can tell you that if they're making a national application, my understanding is that the RCMP pays for it. The RCMP can make application for the provincial program, and if it's approved, the province will pay for it.

[Dave MacKenzie, Conservative, Oxford, ON]

Is that a bit of an anomaly, in that it could be exactly the same scenario outside of the city of Winnipeg and the federal government pays for it?

[Supt Gordon B. Schumacher]

That's correct.

[The Chair, Conservative, Garry Breitkreuz]

Are there any other questions?

Seeing none, I will adjourn this meeting in a moment.

I'd like to thank our witnesses very much for coming. You've given us a lot of very valuable information, and we appreciate it. If there's any other information that may have been asked for during the meeting, we look forward to receiving it as well.

Thank you very much.

Before the committee adjourns, remember that on Thursday we are meeting at 7:30 in the morning behind the Confederation Building. We're going to be getting on the bus there.

[Sue Barnes, Liberal, London West, ON]

Are you serving breakfast?

[The Chair, Conservative, Garry Breitkreuz]

Would you like to have muffins and coffee available on the bus?

[Sue Barnes, Liberal, London West, ON]

Yes, please.

[The Chair, Conservative, Garry Breitkreuz]

That would be nice; I never thought of it.

If you're going to be late, we will assume that you have changed your mind and are not coming. We won't be able to hold up the bus very long.

This meeting stands adjourned.