Public Safety committee  The terms and conditions, quite simply put, sir, require every department and agency to identify 5% of their low-priority programs as part of a consideration, every fourth year, the government makes. There are other rules about the actual conduct of these reviews. They are govern

Public Safety committee  The best source for the terms and conditions of the strategic review would be the Treasury Board Secretariat, but I can certainly undertake to work with them to provide the committee with something, yes.

Public Safety committee  What happens under strategic review, Mr. Kania, is that all departments and agencies are asked to identify their lowest 5% of priorities and to present those for consideration to the Treasury Board.

Public Safety committee  No, that's not my understanding. The government asks us to identify our lowest 5% of priorities. The Treasury Board and the ministers of cabinet make decisions on whether they would like to take those proposals or take some other decisions surrounding them.

Public Safety committee  It would be 5% that could potentially be reallocated within government expenditures.

Public Safety committee  What we did, Mr. Kania, was look at all of our programs. The requirement of program review means a comprehensive review of all the programs of the department or agency undergoing the review. Obviously, when we look at all of our programs, that will mean, of necessity, looking bot

Public Safety committee  What's accurate to say is that I'm required to propose 5% of my lowest-priority programs, as is every other department that undergoes a strategic review each year.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have indeed appeared before this committee. My thanks to you and to the members of the committee for the invitation this afternoon. As always, I appreciate the opportunity to speak about the Canada Border Services Agency and the delivery of its mandate in

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I think a lot of the thought that went into the original policy decision to arm border guards went to the issue of the evolving environment in which they work, speaking from a law enforcement point of view or from a national security point of view. I think that incre

Public Safety committee  Well, I....

Public Safety committee  What I said, Mr. Chair, was that there had not been a single death. I deferred on the question of whether or not there had been assaults on my officers, and I will be happy to get back on that. In terms of the policy of the government to move forward on arming border officers, I

Public Safety committee  The total amount that was budgeted for ten years basically represents the investment to convert an unarmed force to an armed force at the border. A lot of the costs that we have to incur, and we have incurred, go to building capacity to build clear policies and directions so that

Public Safety committee  I believe I recall our conversation, and it would be the Department of Transport.

Public Safety committee  You stray into an area that basically represents advice that I give my minister, so I'll have to decline to answer directly. But if I may perhaps in part respond to your question, the vast majority of the complaints that are brought against the Canada Border Services Agency go

Public Safety committee  We have been pursuing discussions basically on three tracks. We're in constant communication with the City of Cornwall, obviously, and I am well aware of the concerns that the mayor has there and I'm doing my best to respond to them. We are in ongoing dialogue with the Mohawk C