Justice committee  Generally, it would be the RCMP.

Justice committee  There are programs based on internal policy for those agencies, so they're not legislated programs.

Justice committee  That's right.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  We will get you a copy.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Generally, provincial programs and municipal programs were, I believe, designed to look after shorter-term needs than the federal witness protection program. They were designed to ensure that somebody could travel to court to testify without fear of retribution or harm. The exten

Justice committee  No, it would depend on the agency that has carriage of the case, which agency enters into a protection agreement. So it varies. So, no, that wouldn't be an accurate demarcation.

Justice committee  We've done a series of consultations with numerous partners, both internal and external, right across the country. My belief is that we have a strong federal witness protection program. I believe it works well. I believe also that we should always be looking at enhancing it and m

Justice committee  It's not. It's actually Austrian.

Justice committee  First of all, I should state that the witness protection program is entirely funded from the RCMP. It has never received outside funding. It comes directly from operations. In terms of the variance of funding for any particular case, you can only imagine the range. I guess if w

Justice committee  That's for the relocation.

Justice committee  It depends on any given case. To your comment earlier, I should also clarify that when I made the comment on lifestyle, it's a lifestyle free of crime.

Justice committee  That would be accurate, yes.

Justice committee  Well, it's forever if the individual does not make a request to leave, but voluntary termination is always an option.