Public Safety committee  That's his name, and that's what I called him by.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  In private.

Public Safety committee  May I also add to that, given that you've thrown the question out? This was not the avenue of first recourse. As I said earlier, this was an extremely difficult, uncharacteristic thing for me and others to do. I'll tell you what I told Mr. Morden, and that was that you're welcom

Public Safety committee  Yes. I can't tell you offhand how many, but I believe, if my recollection serves me right, that somewhere in the neighbourhood of half of them have either been acted upon or are in the process of being acted upon.

Public Safety committee  I would agree that going ahead with the recommendations and with the recommendations that in fact were implemented goes some way to making the organization better. Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  It was the pace, yes.

Public Safety committee  Not to my knowledge. Mike.

Public Safety committee  Well, I think it's important in times of change, and the RCMP certainly is in times of change. Change has to be a constant. As soon as you stop changing, you're stagnating. You need to always look to improve the organization. In terms of these two items, I think labour relations

Public Safety committee  If I may add to this, I think the ability to speak truth to power, and the environment that must be created in order to speak truth to power, is essential. Secondly, as Mike said, and I will maybe elaborate on it a bit, if a leader in any organization is not willing to listen to

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  I want to thank you for your initial comments. The RCMP is extremely important to me. I have a son who is a member of the RCMP. My wife is employed by the RCMP. That's the only job I really ever had, and I care deeply for the RCMP, as I know Mike does. This whole affair has been

Public Safety committee  I have the exact dates. I can dig them up, but I would say in the first week of July.

Public Safety committee  Of 2010. That's when I would have received a call from Patricia Hassard. I was on vacation at the time, on holidays. In fact I was just about to go to brunch with my wife, and I was waiting at the front porch and my phone went off and it was the PCO; it was Patricia Hassard. She

Public Safety committee  Yes.