Our chair is right with respect to whistleblowers. When someone blows the whistle, the procedure is the same with the RCMP as with the public service. There is a difference when a tribunal is involved. The RCMP must follow an internal procedure before turning to a tribunal. This was changed, because the initial legislation, introduced by the former government, made no reference to a tribunal.
I remember that you worked on this. I think Mr. Dewar made some interesting suggestions. If you make some recommendations later on, I hope you will look at the RCMP's situation very carefully before suggesting how we should change things, if necessary, to increase accountability within the RCMP. I think that may become necessary. I will leave that suggestion with you.
I would now like to talk about the tribunal. How can we avoid unacceptably long delays on the part of the tribunal when people want to use this instrument to protect themselves? How can we avoid a situation in which public servants have to wait years and years before they get this protection?