I can't comment on that. What I know is that there are internal processes within the RCMP. There's a code of conduct. There are expectations. There are officers, I believe an equity or integrity officer. I think there's an ombudsman within the RCMP.
My deputy went out of her way to inform Staff Sergeant Lewis that he could in fact lodge a complaint with a civilian body if he felt, or if others felt, that the commissioner or other senior managers were conducting themselves improperly. That existed. It's a mechanism that is found in the RCMP Act. It is external to the force itself. It is external to the minister and the government.
There's also something called the external review committee. It's also found in the RCMP Act, and is external to government and the RCMP. Quite truthfully, I don't have sufficient knowledge as to whether or not that process.... It's an opportunity for officers to bring grievances at a certain level. I can't comment--I'm sure there are others more fulsomely informed than I am--as to whether officers could have or would have thought it appropriate to bring the kinds of concerns being raised here about internal management to those independent external bodies.
Certainly we all need, whether it's the RCMP or any other organization, to be concerned about the fact that those who believe something is going wrong can follow the correct processes. I do not believe in people jumping over processes. I believe processes are there to protect the integrity of an institution or a system as well as the reputations and integrity of the individuals.