Public Safety committee  I would be speculating, but if I was to speculate I would suggest that it's because the front-line officers are understanding better today what is accessible and that they have greater confidence in the quality and the reliability of the information. And that's not just the front

Public Safety committee  Yes, I did.

Public Safety committee  Yes, it would have, but, as has been testified to or alluded to by my colleague, Chief Hanson, we always assume that there are firearms or weapons until such time as we have concluded that this is not the case. However, in domestic cases, when we have reason to remove one of the

Public Safety committee  I wouldn't be able to give you an answer to that, sir. Both weapons are just terribly lethal. I wouldn't be able to answer that intelligently.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. A continuous improvement has to be a constant state of affairs in policing. One of the significant initiatives Chief Superintendent Cheliak has undertaken is to provide better analytical reports that better serve chiefs and front-line officers, on the information that

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the opportunity to clarify what I said. I said cabinet committee, but I misspoke; I meant parliamentary committee. I do apologize for that. We have been working with Chief Bill Blair and others. Chief Superintendent Marty Cheliak has been assisting in developing po

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to you and to all the members of the committee. As the senior deputy commissioner representing the commissioner and all of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to assist with the committee's exa

Public Safety committee  I could probably talk about transformation in a much more fulsome fashion as it relates to the 49 recommendations of the task force. I know that we responded to the parliamentary committee with respect to the 31 recommendations, but I don't have that information right in front of

Public Safety committee  I'd be very pleased to do that, and I will also supply the reform implementation council's reports.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I agree that since four years ago, three years ago, we have come a long way. We have filled our vacancies in contract policing. As you may recall, Mr. Brown reflected that there were significant challenges in resource levels across the country. Last year we trained o

Public Safety committee  There are always opportunities to reinvest money in other ventures, but I believe that money is well invested, and I maintain that it does promote officer and public safety.

Public Safety committee  I believe all of those allegations were reviewed in the context of Mr. David Brown's review of the whole issue of pension administration and all of the improprieties that occurred and allegations that arose from that, but that's an assumption. I would have to confirm that. And

Public Safety committee  It wouldn't be for me to pronounce an opinion with respect to the choices that members legitimately ought to make for themselves. I think one of the principles that the court in the MacDonnell decision recently articulated quite clearly is that members ought to be able to exercis

Public Safety committee  The discussions with respect to the minimum standard of resources within detachments is occurring at the provincial and territorial levels, not at the federal level, where we are providing services under contract to various jurisdictions. There are a number of discussions ongoing

Public Safety committee  The RCMP performs three functions as it relates to firearms legislation. One, we're entrusted to administer the registry, and we do that as effectively as we possibly can. We enforce the law as it is defined by Parliament. The third of course is we provide advice to the governmen