Evidence of meeting #60 for Public Accounts in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was rcmp.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Sergeant Mike Frizzell  Staff Sergeant, Strategic and Operational Support, National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Superintendent Fraser Macaulay  Chief Superintendent, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Commissioner Kevin Mole  Acting Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Tony Pickett  Officer in charge, Insurance Renewal and Modernization Project, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Gregory Tardi  Senior Parliamentary Counsel (Legal), House of Commons

5:35 p.m.

D/Commr Kevin Mole

No, the funding for the administration was shared at that time with the plan and the RCMP's operating budget.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Nepean—Carleton, ON

All right. So when the decision was made to employ Morneau Sobeco, why would it have been so difficult to go through a proper tendering competition if they were the best? What would have been so difficult about that?

5:35 p.m.

D/Commr Kevin Mole

I can't speak to that issue. I wasn't involved in that process at that time.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Nepean—Carleton, ON

Obviously there was some motivation not to.

5:35 p.m.

S/Sgt Mike Frizzell

I asked Mr. Crupi that very question, and he told me it would have taken too long.

5:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy

A brief point of order, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj.

5:35 p.m.

Liberal

Borys Wrzesnewskyj Liberal Etobicoke Centre, ON

At the beginning of the meeting you requested a vote to accept minutes from a steering committee meeting. That has not previously happened. I assumed that these were straightforward. I did not have a copy of the minutes at that time.

There's a witness list for the ATIP, and it doesn't match the witness list of names that I requested. Without getting into a list of people, and what list had been suggested previously inside debate regarding this issue, perhaps we can address that in a congenial, collegial manner at the steering committee.

I just want to point out that the names do not match.

5:40 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy

We thought we did. We'll deal with that at the steering committee. Why don't we deal with it tomorrow?

5:40 p.m.

Liberal

Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON

Mr. Chairman, on that same issue, there is an item on the back of this we should have had some discussion about, but we would need to be in camera.

Looking at the time, we're very restricted. Could we discuss the item that's on the back of this in camera at the beginning of our next meeting?

5:40 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy

Okay.

The meeting is adjourned.