Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to share my time with Mr. Lussier.
Ms. Conlin, since the meeting started, it seems to me that there has been a lot of talk about changes in structure. Mr. Fitzpatrick already mentioned systemic changes. So did Mr. Brown.
You are telling us that, for sure, things are going to be better, and that they already are, because of the will of the senior executive committee and the commissioner, who want things to work. But I feel that there are still a number of problem areas and, if all we have is good will, it will not get to all levels. As an example, I am going to table the documents I have in my hand.
You received a complaint on a matter of ethics from the divisional representative in Quebec. I do not want you to deal with a specific case, but people feel that there is some laxity within the RCMP, and I want to illustrate what I mean with the following case. An RCMP corporal asked for his weeks of vacation last spring and he was told that could have all his vacation if he signed a letter of resignation that would take effect a little later. The divisional representative filed a complaint, and you told him that the complaint should have been for harassment and not on a matter of ethics.
I think that, in a case like this, the officers' actions were a breach of the code of ethics. I do not want to deal with a specific case, but I table the document to demonstrate that people feel that there is laxity. Even if the RCMP senior executive committee and the commissioner want to change this and other situations, similar things are going to keep happening if systemic changes and major revisions to structures and policies are not made. We are talking about RCMP officers, after all. This involves someone in Trois-Rivières, in my area. I think the situation is inappropriate.
I give the floor to Mr. Lussier.