Laurie Hawn at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On September 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.

September 28th, 2006 / 1 p.m.

Conservative

Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB

I have a quick question that goes back to the situation the RCMP found itself in.

Mr. Minister, I think it's safe to say the RCMP has been underfunded for the last decade or more. That leads to an undermanned situation, which leads to a person-overtasking situation, which leads to a situation where you perhaps cannot generate enough experience or get enough training to deal with a particular challenge that comes up.

What role might this have played in the mistakes that were made, and what are we doing to correct it?

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