Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much. I want to thank the committee for the kind comments they made about my leadership. And I would echo what Commissioner Elliot said. I do believe that leadership does matter. And in this organization, that change, as Mr. Lake said, will not be easy and it wi

Public Accounts committee  From my perspective--and of course I haven't done the scientific study around it--once females get to the corporal level they also start making some different choices with regard to family issues and those kinds of things, so it's a very complicated issue. I think that over the y

Public Accounts committee  Well, they had different levels of tenure and different levels of employment. Mr. Ewanovich wasn't a civilian member of the RCMP; he was a contract member of the RCMP, which is somewhat different. That having been said, it was clear in the Brown report that Mr. Gauvin was, from

Public Accounts committee  If the committee wishes, I'd like to continue to answer the question.

Public Accounts committee  At the end of the day, Mr. Gauvin accepted responsibility, as the Brown report dictated that he ought to. He has no responsibility with regard to the CFO job. He is gainfully employed, working on some projects with regard to relocation of some of our headquarters, and will be ret

Public Accounts committee  With all due respect, Mr. Gauvin is a civilian member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Public Accounts committee  No. I'll leave my comments for the commissioner as representing the force.