Justice committee  My understanding is that there have been a few. I'm aware of a few instances of fraud involving an amount over $1 million where the sentence received was less than two years. But there aren't many. As I recall, the minister had said the number was 12, actually.

Justice committee  Could you quickly identify those four sectors?

Justice committee  Without trying to explain it in too much detail, there are different types of crime committed. Some of those crimes would involve banks. Other crimes would involve financial institutions. Technology crimes might be frauds involving the Internet. Those are areas where we see sig

Justice committee  From the fraud perspective, commercial crimes area, we see significant fraudulent activity in the area of counterfeit cheques and mass marketing fraud.

Finance committee  I'm not sure I understand that's the way things are done with respect to how the charges get before the court.

Finance committee  I wouldn't understand that to happen that way. If you could....

Finance committee  My experience is that the Canada Revenue Agency takes their own case to the prosecutors.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thanks. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and honourable members of the committee. Thank you for inviting the RCMP to participate in today's proceedings. We understand that the committee is studying the role of the private sector in achieving Canada's international development intere

Foreign Affairs committee  The RCMP was aware of that case. In fact, I brought a copy of today's online Globe and Mail article with me. With respect to actual matters that relate to the investigation, I would not say more than what the RCMP spokesman in the article said, which I could quote for you: ...

Foreign Affairs committee  I would just reiterate that we had received a request for assistance. That's what was confirmed by our media relations representative. Commenting further on ongoing investigations would be inadvisable on our part.

Foreign Affairs committee  From the RCMP perspective, we work with open-source information. There are certain activities that might attract our attention in open-source information. As well, we're prepared to take complaint information or requests for assistance from other countries.

Foreign Affairs committee  There might be circumstances where we would, depending upon how credible the information is, how much it might have in the way of supporting documentation or supporting information from other sources.

Foreign Affairs committee  The corporate social responsibility counsellor?

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  We've been in contact with her office, and I'll say we've received no referrals from her office.