Public Safety committee  The grievance process is something that I can use for myself as well. I can tell you that in this situation, I've indicated that I was not part of a formal grievance in any way, shape, or form. The commissioner is a straightforward and sometimes blunt individual. We address each

Public Safety committee  I think you're a little bit off, a little bit behind the number. I have seven weeks left before I retire--35 years.

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure I understand. I mean, I think it's essentially the same.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Yes, they have, and quite frankly, there is the RCMP Act of 1988. It's enshrined in the RCMP Act as to how you go about a formal grievance. That has stayed the same.

Public Safety committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. I was not one of those persons, contrary to what the media said, who filed an initial complaint and went to the Deputy Minister of Public Safety. I have nothing else to say about that, other than the fact that I was on vacation and came back to find out that there

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Accounts committee  The RCMP welcomes oversight mechanisms. We have gone through a very rough last couple of years. There is a lot of work being done, and I know my colleague Madame Hurtubise can speak to that. Frankly, I think we're very close to being there.

Public Accounts committee  I think you speak to a project that our criminal intelligence folks did just recently with regard to class 1 airports, the large airports in Canada. We looked for any gaps in security for our purposes, to be able to know where we would target our investigations with regard to o

Public Accounts committee  You're talking about two MOUs. The one with CSIS was with regard to conducting national security investigations. I want to make it very clear that the RCMP does not do intelligence investigations. It does criminal investigations. We get all our intelligence from CSIS. CSIS is t

Public Accounts committee  That has been renewed. I can't give you the exact date, but it was renewed quite a while back.

Public Accounts committee  Yes. It was quite a while back; I was involved in that.

Public Accounts committee  The MOU with regard to Transport had to do with sharing of criminal intelligence from the databases that we have and that we are stewards of. There are different kinds of databases. We're the stewards for the national police services, CPIC and all kinds of others. It's not just o

Public Accounts committee  Perhaps I can get more clarification on the question. Are you discussing a time gap with regard to sharing of information with CSIS?

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure I can answer that. In terms of criminal investigations and a national security point of view, there's no consensus. It's between CSIS and ourselves. We are independent with regard to when and how we start a criminal investigation. We get information from CSIS on in