Justice committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today. I have a brief statement prepared that I will present to you at this time. I brought copies of the statement in this morning for your perusal. In 1892 an Argentinian
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee I think we can go to questions, Mr. Chair.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee That's correct.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee That's correct.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee In the first year, with the $15 million for the set-up, the total operating budget would be about $25 million.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee That's correct.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee That's correct.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee Mr. Chair, I'd like to refer to our analyst, Ms. Charland. She actually did the work-up on the business case that we submitted.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee Yes.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee Yes, we did calculate the number of samples that would be increased for the convicted offenders. I believe the number is around 4,400 additional samples.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee Mr. Chair, I'll ask Mr. Bird to respond.
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee There are three forensic lab systems within Canada. The RCMP has a lab system with forensic laboratories in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. We provide DNA services from our Vancouver lab, our Edmonton lab, our Regina lab, the Ottawa lab, and the
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee I'll restrict my remarks to the RCMP because that's the system I understand the most. Within the RCMP forensic labs, samples are collected within any of the jurisdictions in which the RCMP provides policing services, and in fact by other police departments within those areas as
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee I'll take your second question first. The data bank was set up to separate any personal information from the genetic information. In fact, the information resides in two separate indices. The genetic information resides within the National DNA Data Bank. A genetic profile is jus
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle
Justice committee Thank you very much. Perhaps I'll address that one, and then I'll ask my colleague David Bird to address your international sharing question. There's no doubt that we deal within a very broad jurisdiction within Canada. The priorities in one area may be different from the priori
February 27th, 2007Committee meeting
A/Commr Joe Buckle