Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the witnesses for their presentations which were different but all very interesting.
I would like first to make a comment about human resources.
Mr. Barutciski, I was not surprised by what you said. In this committee, we have even heard that the RCMP is not prosecuting. In 25 years, there has been just one prosecution. Since it does not have the necessary resources, it is at the bottom of their list.
This does not happen very often, but I will tell you a short story from my own experience.
I spent 15 years at Global Affairs Canada. In a unit that I headed, there was a small group of three people responsible for liaison with Parliament and cabinet, while other departments had 15 people doing that. Yet we produced the most memos to cabinet. The legacy I left behind was the creation of a special unit responsible for those matters. There is no doubt that I understand the shortage of human resources very well.
That said, the mandate is also important, especially for lawyers when they cannot get one for one thing or another. Is there something specific that our committee should recommend regarding mandates?