Public Safety committee  You're right to the extent that it is sometimes not easy, but I would divide change into perhaps two categories, one being change over which we, the RCMP, have control and others over which we do not have control. Government has to implement some changes, such as border managemen

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  It boiled over, if you will.

Public Safety committee  I have no idea how many complaints were made against Bill Elliott. They would not all have been made to me. Some were made to me. Some were made to others within the senior executive.

Public Safety committee  I'm not aware of any complaints being made in writing about Bill Elliott. There may very well have been some. I'm aware of one where there was a threat of a complaint being put in writing, and it was eventually not put in writing, but I couldn't tell you whether there were any ev

Public Safety committee  I really don't know.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Both, as well as very dismissive, somewhat disrespectful.... Not somewhat--disrespectful. You know—

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  No, no. Bill Elliott is not irresponsible. He's smart; he's a smart person. It's the interpersonal skills. I guess quality lacks, and that has offended many members and caused morale to go down. But in terms of his—

Public Safety committee  He wouldn't have intentionally done anything to harm the operations of the organization and so on. I believe his heart was in the right place. I believe that everything he did, he tried to do for the good of the organization.

Public Safety committee  I will maybe just leave it to individuals, many individuals who have complained over the disrespectful manner in which they were dealt with, embarrassed, humiliated, in a setting such as a group of the number here.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.