Information & Ethics committee  We're also developing strong partnerships in which we work together to develop or implement the strategy along with public and private sector participants, reaching across the federal and provincial boundaries and involving provincial and municipal law enforcement as well as othe

Information & Ethics committee  Good morning, Madam Chair, and honourable members of the committee. Thank you for inviting the RCMP to participate in today's proceedings. l am accompanied by Inspector Cameron Miller, who is the officer in charge at RCMP National Headquarters. He is responsible for the oversigh

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am referring to social services. There are women's shelters, for example, social services, and other support groups like that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is a question that should be put to the agencies or partners. Yes, we do work in partnership with them and share information when necessary. If needed, we ask them to help us with victim support.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  How do we do that in Canada? One of the agencies that we are consulting with is in the U.K. There is also a partnership to DFATD that is also involved in these consultations that are ongoing right now to raise awareness, not only domestically but internationally as well—typically

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's on a case-by-case basis depending on the need and under legislated authority. Obviously in cases such as the ones we are talking about here, certainly an exchange of information with peer countries would most likely be appropriate. We're talking about immigration matters.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From a law enforcement perspective, certainly. Obviously there's a different method to gathering criminal intelligence. I'm not going to get into all the details of it. It is complex and there are many different avenues. But the sharing of criminal intelligence is done on a law e

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From a law enforcement perspective, I would say the following. We review all cases of abuse carefully. It's something very important for us. Any tool the government could provide to us would be welcome. I cannot speak of anything specific because the cases brought to the RCMP's

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I may, from a law enforcement perspective, in the U.K. they have introduced special legislation to help address some of those concerns. It is fairly new. I'm not well versed on it, so I would not be in a position to speak to what those details are. But it's an area that could

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll start if I may. A point regarding the RCMP on that in particular is that in most cases, the RCMP is not the lead agency in these types of investigations. So we would work alongside CIC or the CBSA. As far as providing recommendations, it would be more information sharing in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Speaking for the RCMP, no. We would not monitor it, but it may come to our attention through other investigations.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I can certainly speak to that. The 2009 Shafia case that happened in Kingston, Ontario, was certainly a tragedy and has given rise to a lot of awareness of honour killing in Canada. I believe that until that time it was something that was not as widely recognized. It gave ri

Justice committee  Correct. That was part of my explanation. That would account for some of the changes.

Justice committee  Yes.