Public Accounts committee  No, I thank the committee for taking the time today to ask me to appear in front of them. Thank you.

Public Accounts committee  Well, let me clarify, please. The outreach initiative I'm speaking of is the outreach initiative that former Commissioner Beverley Busson put in place on April 25 as a result of the public accounts committee meeting she was at, when she said she had put in place, through the Offi

Public Accounts committee  No, sir. I do presentations. I meet with them in various courses; we have our ethics course. I also speak to all the new officers as part of officer development, where part of my presentation is about the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act and the Public Sector Integrity C

Public Accounts committee  First of all, to answer your first question, our office is not involved in any of this. Secondly, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on any ongoing investigation.

Public Accounts committee  I believe Mr. Brown has asked that the RCMP contact the OPP. I believe that has happened, but it is not in my area of expertise, so therefore I'm not sure whether it has happened. You should perhaps direct that question tomorrow to Commissioner Elliott, sir.

Public Accounts committee  Really, it's not my.... My role is an advisory role. Once an investigation is ongoing, our office is not involved in the investigation at all.

Public Accounts committee  No, I'm not aware, sir.

Public Accounts committee  No, I wouldn't, sir.

Public Accounts committee  No, I wouldn't, sir.

Public Accounts committee  What we've failed to do, sir, is.... We had the mission, visions, and values that were put together by about 4,000 employees from all ranks of this organization. I think the mission, visions, and values of our organization are very sound. But what we didn't do is make them operat

Public Accounts committee  Let's go to the lowest level: a manager in a detachment or a detachment commander who sees people being demeaned, people being bullied. They need to act on that right away. When I talk about action, I'm not necessarily talking about the formal discipline. That's down the road. W

Public Accounts committee  Ethics education is one, and holding managers accountable through performance agreements is another. If I am a manager and one of my people is not behaving or is allowing issues to happen, I have to step up to the plate and hold the person accountable. I can't do all of this, si

Public Accounts committee  It's a very good question. It's one of the areas we're looking at. We're looking at perhaps putting through regional or divisional ethics counsellors to assist us in this capacity to ensure there is a consistent message and to ensure that the members have someone they can trust a

Public Accounts committee  First of all, let me clarify that the Brown report states that there have been six ethics advisors in six years. That is incorrect. The Office of the Ethics Advisor was established in 1997. I am the fifth ethics advisor, and I hope to be here for a long time.

Public Accounts committee  First of all, I don't think it's only my role to turn it around; I think it's everybody's role to behave in keeping with the core values of this organization.