Public Safety committee  I do not think a report was done. The consultant hired to study the matter presented options to Bill Sweeney, and many discussions took place between the two of them. To my mind, it made sense to have Bill Sweeney participate in those discussions before he retired. Unfortunately—

Public Safety committee  I know that various options were prepared based on the possible regionalization activities that the RCMP could implement.

Public Safety committee  I do not have them, but—

Public Safety committee  Certainly doing this knowingly is a major issue, but I can't say that Bill Elliott was appointed to the position of Commissioner of the RCMP with any knowledge on the part of the government of any historical behavioural issues. Whether or not these behavioural issues existed, I d

Public Safety committee  As I mentioned earlier, Ms. Mourani, I am not aware of any written complaints. It is possible, but I am not sure.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  My conversation with Patricia Hassard, as I said, was very short, given the illness of her dad and that she had to travel out of town. She couldn't speak with me, but she told me that Marie-Lucie Morin was going to be contacting me. Again, she is the national security advisor to

Public Safety committee  To the best of my recollection it was, yes.

Public Safety committee  Again, it wasn't a very long phone conversation. I believe that she had broken her wrist and was on her way to the hospital. I was at brunch. I had left my wife inside the restaurant. I was on the sidewalk speaking on the phone. She said to me that we'd have to speak again, that

Public Safety committee  I do not.

Public Safety committee  No, I did not.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  She called me back, if my memory serves me well, and told me that the matter had been turned over to Deputy Minister Bill Baker, the Deputy Minister of Public Safety, and that since the RCMP falls under Public Safety, she had moved the matter over to him.

Public Safety committee  That would have been very soon, a day or two, after my initial conversation with her. I probably have notes on it somewhere. It was, again, very shortly afterwards that I met with Bill Baker.