Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't recall. It has been a while since I've been there.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's in the process of being written. I've put it in the form of an e-mail, but it's in the process of being worked into our standard operating procedures.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, they're not public.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would have no objection to providing the written aspect of the standard operating procedures.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, it is not standard practice. It depends on the factors involved. Was the motorcade in movement at the time? Was it coming through? Was it easier to do that, under the circumstances? But, no, it's not standard practice.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's challenging, but we're adapting, and we're building those relationships with the organizers of those groups to try to get advance notice when possible. But again, with social media—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —it changes really quickly, and we have to have the ability to ramp up very quickly and ramp down very quickly as well.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We'll negotiate those security arrangements to see what's reasonable. When we're receiving foreign security forces, we'll ensure that we have an appropriate number of members overseeing who's present and what's in place, and they integrate with us as well. So we take that respons

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There is a difference between the way things worked beforehand and what we are going to do in the future. Changes have been made. For example, on March 2, there were two security perimeters; one at the lower drive and the other at the top drive. However, we had to eliminate the l

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For RCMP members, this would include all parliamentarians and, of course, those of the Senate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To start with your second question, yes, we do have protocols and arrangements with different countries. I shouldn't say “protocols”; I should say we negotiate security arrangements in the sense that we look to see the level required according to threat ass

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It is, because it's linked to the threat assessment.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If you have a dignitary who's considered a higher threat, then of course wherever that dignitary visits the site will automatically ramp up because of the dignitary's presence. It changes, of course, when you have a dignitary who's a low threat. You won't necessarily see the same

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You'll see the ramped-up number of members. Hopefully with the arrangements we have in place there won't be that issue of access anymore. To answer your first question, sir, with respect to the number of protesters we deal with in any given year, we've seen an increase through t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, certainly I'm aware that there is a committee our folks participate in that reviews the requests for permits and demonstrations on the Hill. Of course, that's one of the factors that's considered, amongst many. But also, when you look at the vast majority of groups that a