Good afternoon, everyone.
This is meeting number 51 of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Monday, October 15, 2012. Today we are going to continue our consideration of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act.
On our first panel of witnesses we have, from the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Mark Potter, director general for the policing policy directorate, law enforcement and policing branch, and Anita Dagenais, senior director of the RCMP policy division, law enforcement and policing branch.
Welcome.
Also, from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, we have Chief Superintendent Craig MacMillan, director general, adjudicative services, and Superintendent Michael O'Rielly, director of the legislative reform initiative.
From the Treasury Board Secretariat, we have Carl Trottier, executive director of strategic compensation management, compensation and labour relations sector.
We're looking forward to your comments.
We'll extend the time for our first panel to ensure that our witnesses and members have ample opportunity for questions and answers. We are going to go beyond 4:30, if that would be all right. We have three different groups here.
Also, I see Mr. Potter here. I recall that the last time Mr. Potter was here in the spring we started three-quarters of an hour late, I think, and we had votes and we went back and forth. His day was cut short then, so we certainly don't want to do that again today.
We welcome you.
Mr. Potter, perhaps we will begin with you.