Public Accounts committee  I certainly think we need to have mechanisms, processes, and practices in place for people to come forward. I think those need to be multi-layered. I think you need to start with internal mechanisms. It would be ideal if there was an ability for issues to be identified and resolv

Public Accounts committee  First of all, with respect to the view of Canadians, I again cite our survey results that indicate, in 2007, 87% agreed with the statement that the RCMP is an organization with integrity and honesty. So I do not accept the premise that Canadians believe, by and large, that the RC

Public Accounts committee  The only ongoing investigation, to my knowledge, is the investigation being conducted by the Ontario Provincial Police.

Public Accounts committee  To my knowledge, no. With respect to the pension and insurance matters, to my knowledge, Mr. Brown's involvement began when the government appointed him as an independent investigator. I'm not sure I completely understand the question. I suspect that in his capacity with the Onta

Public Accounts committee  Perhaps.

Public Accounts committee  Very briefly, Mr. Chairman, as I have mentioned a few times, we need to have the mechanisms and practice in place where we do what we can to ensure that we have an environment where people feel at liberty to come forward and discuss their concerns, to make allegations or bring fo

Public Accounts committee  I'm not really sure how to respond to that question.

Public Accounts committee  I've read the report. I read the Auditor General's report.

Public Accounts committee  I believe Mr. Brown indicated that he felt he got all of the information he required to come to his conclusions.

Public Accounts committee  I don't have any basis to take issue with Mr. Brown's conclusions.

Public Accounts committee  There are a number of mechanisms, a number of venues open to individuals in the RCMP to make their views known. As I said, they can communicate electronically with the task force directly without any involvement of anyone else in the organization. We have an ethics adviser. Peopl

Public Accounts committee  My understanding is yes.

Public Accounts committee  I have not.

Public Accounts committee  I do not believe so, although certainly members of the RCMP and employees of the RCMP, I would anticipate, will be and are being interviewed by the OPP. In fact, I recently sent out a piece of correspondence encouraging members and employees to cooperate with the OPP in the inves

Public Accounts committee  I guess success with respect to morale is that people feel that they are operating in an organization that respects them, that provides them with the scope for them to carry out their responsibilities, that supports them with training, that has appropriate mechanisms for them to