Justice committee  Yes, through the Service Inspection Branch of the Department of Public Safety and the Quebec Criminal Information Service, the service carried out an audit in 2005 or 2006. I am not sure exactly which year, please excuse me. For the service's directions for 2009 to 2011, which ha

Justice committee  In 2005 and 2006—I cannot tell you about the future—the main issue went beyond the systems, Mr. Ménard. The issue was about individuals, an individual's ability to maintain relations with the public, to gather information, and to send it to the right place so that it can be inter

Justice committee  When someone is being followed or is under any kind of surveillance, here is what we do. In order to manage the evidence, all information is both sent to our data bank and placed in our evidence tables. We have evidence tables. So the information is sent to two places, so that we

Justice committee  You will understand, Mr. Ménard, that I must refer that question to my superiors. However, rest assured that in Quebec, government authorities are aware of what can be proven in the field of intelligence. It must be clear to everyone. Information becomes intelligence, but intelli

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the committee members for their invitation. My name is Pierre-Paul Pichette and I have been working for the City of Montreal Police Services for almost 33 years. I have been the Director General of the Criminal Intelligence Service of Quebec sin