Public Safety committee  I think the matter hit the media. My first phone call would have been on July 2 or 3, I would say. The matter hit the media on July 29, and shortly after it hit the media, that's when the workplace assessment was announced. You said July 30. That's probably right.

Public Safety committee  The board of management certainly is separate and distinct from a civilian oversight. And it could probably be explained much better by others whose business it is to deal with these matters. My responsibilities, as I said, were federal policing, federal international policing.

Public Safety committee  I believe, Mr. Holland, that this matter could have been dealt with more swiftly and in a much cleaner way had there been a board of management in place. It would have avoided the question that was asked earlier about complaining to government. That's where that board of manageme

Public Safety committee  Can you help me with this one?

Public Safety committee  I think the major challenges are the ones that I set out in my opening comments: a potential board of management; some autonomy for the RCMP to be able to perform its complex policing duties in a more nimble, more flexible way; the ability to deal with problem employees, grievanc

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  First of all, that is correct; they hired Reid Morden to complete a workplace assessment. That would have started in early August. I can probably get you the exact date, if you wish, but it started early August.

Public Safety committee  There was action taken after the matter hit the media.

Public Safety committee  Those were changes that were on their way to being implemented quite some time prior to the arrival of our then new commissioner in 2007. They were then put into place after his arrival, but the process had started prior to his arrival. The changes are very significant, absolute

Public Safety committee  I just want to make sure that there was no undertaking on my behalf--or if there was, if you could let me know, please, Mr. Chair--on the options with respect to regionalizations. I don't have these options in my possession. I don't have an office at the RCMP right now, so if thi

Public Safety committee  The RCMP Act has the Minister of Public Safety overseeing the Commissioner of the RCMP. The Commissioner of the RCMP responds to the Minister of Public Safety under the umbrella of public safety along with the Canada Border Services Agency, Correctional Services, and CSIS. In t

Public Safety committee  Well, we have.... And Mike perhaps can refresh.... I'll need some help on this one, but we have instituted service day, so that's been put in place, and I believe that has gone a long way in retention issues. We've instituted cadet day, which helped us with our recruiting. We've

Public Safety committee  I really don't know why it would have taken that long.

Public Safety committee  I am not sure which report by Mr. Sweeney you mean.

Public Safety committee  All I said, Ms. Mourani, was that Bill Sweeney had an exit interview with the Privy Council Office before he retired.