Thank you, Chair.
I want to thank the panel for being here today.
Commissioner Elliott, you indicated the changes in governance. I would suggest to you that with the changes in governance--as municipal departments across Canada have--we wouldn't have a political body like this today, with you appearing before it for political reasons. I think that's the major significant difference that I would see.
I would also say, and you can respond to it, that policing is very much a paramilitary style of organization. Anybody who thinks that everybody is always thrilled with the guy at the top obviously hasn't lived in the organizations; that's just not the way they function. Frequently, people do have difficulty with people at the top. It doesn't mean that there's a problem; it means that it's a healthy organization that has and does tolerate that sort of dissent, but within the organization.
It's no different in policing than it is in private industry. Large companies go through the same kinds of things. So when we go through these kinds of things here, that's because there's a government body set up, as this one is here, I would suggest, as opposed to a civilian oversight that sees these things.
But to one of the deputy commissioners--perhaps Deputy Commissioner Nause--are you responsible for the grievance procedure within the organization now? Do I have the right person?