Official Languages committee  Once again, according to the standards and procedures, I can tell you that the information is communicated to the police, whether it be Sûreté du Québec, the RCMP or another police department. They send people who are able to inform people and deal with these delicate situations.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, in this case, there was a situation that had not previously occurred. Normally, when transactions are conducted with the police department, whether it's the RCMP or Sûreté du Québec, generally, and to our knowledge, those transactions, those communications are done

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Da Pont. As I indicated at the start of my presentation, we have noted that some issues were raised in the media in the days following the capsizing of L'Acadien II about the language of service provided to the mother of the missing sealer, Carl Aucoin. As I indi

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We thank you for this opportunity to be with you this morning. We'll be making a few preliminary remarks, each in our turn. I will begin and will be followed by Lt. General Dumais, then Commissioner Da Pont. We're going to explain the roles and responsib

Official Languages committee  Concerning the broadcast?

Official Languages committee  We don't have a written document. We obtained her oral consent.

Official Languages committee  I don't believe that was the case. If you permit the recording to be broadcast, Mr. Chairman, you're going to hear the conversation. In an emergency situation, we can't tell the person that the conversation may be recorded.

Official Languages committee  Pardon me, Mr. Chairman, I—

Official Languages committee  I think we simply gave her that opportunity. She said she would like it, but we also explained to her that it wasn't for certain. She said she agreed in any case.

Official Languages committee  Yes, it would be public if that was the committee's wish.

Official Languages committee  Yes, sir.

Official Languages committee  The recording was made by the people from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. We don't normally make those recordings public, except in an investigation for investigators, which is not the case here. We requested Ms. Aucoin's permission to broadcast the recording for the purpo

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. While I would be pleased to come back next week with the minister, unfortunately I will be out of the country. My colleagues will be supporting the minister in that regard. I wanted to take the opportunity to let you know that. Thank you for the

Fisheries committee  I would say at the outset that in terms of program changes, the only elements with regard to program changes would be with regard to some of the activities under international fisheries and governance. But under the 2008 budget, those funds were reconfirmed, so while they will sh

Fisheries committee  If I may, I think the final numbers for the expenditures in 2007-08 are still being compiled. We will have them, I would imagine, fairly shortly. They are generally published in the public accounts. I would say, if you're looking at a basis of comparison in terms of planned spen