Public Safety Committee on May 31st, 2006

[The Chair, Conservative, Garry Breitkreuz]

Thank you.

In conclusion, no one has asked you questions on one part of your report, about the employer-employee relationships that concern you. I was hoping there'd be more questions on that today. I read through your report very carefully, and you analyze the problems and expose a lot of the practices connected to the firearms program.

In my mind, they seem alarmingly similar to another study that you did. Do you see any parallels between what you observed here and the study that Mr. Gomery undertook?

[Sheila Fraser]

Madame Freeman actually asked several questions about the contracting and the employer-employee relationship.

As I mentioned, we do have some additional work that we are continuing in certain contracts. I hesitate to make comparisons, though, with the sponsorship program, which I think was a very exceptional case.

[The Chair, Conservative, Garry Breitkreuz]

I want to thank you very much for the second report that you brought out. That was an excellent report. I wish all Canadians would read it.

I know our time is up. I'd like to thank all our witnesses. I appreciate the work you have done on this, and maybe at some other time we'll have to explore this further.

Thank you again.

[Sheila Fraser]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, Garry Breitkreuz]

The meeting is adjourned.