Public Safety committee  Mr. Stapleton, can we get a reply from you, since you've been working in the field for a long time? Thank you for your service there.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the comment you made. I think Ms. Dabrusin said the same thing earlier. The interaction between prison guards and the inmates is so crucial. I know when I attend the Grand Cache Institution in my area, which is medium security, I've wandered through there with the guards and intermingled with the prisoners.

Public Safety committee  They're more experienced.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Under proposed subsection 37.3(2), it still gives: The institutional head may determine that the inmate should remain in the unit only if the institutional head believes on reasonable grounds that allowing the inmate's reintegration into the mainstream inmate population Should that be left in his hands, or should it go to an alternate group?

Public Safety committee  There needs to be independent....

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I'd like to thank our witnesses for being here today. I'll start with Mr. Paterson. We've had a number of witnesses come to us and say that solitary confinement is necessary and then we've had others, who work in the field, who say it's essential for inmates to have solitary confinement.

Public Safety committee  If they issued a go-ahead on a warrant, depending on what the crime was in that country that asked for it, would the RCMP send that on to another police force, or would our RCMP go and work with the Canadian police force to make that arrest?

Public Safety committee  They are probably a senior-ranked official from that country.

Public Safety committee  I would like to thank both witnesses for coming out this morning. You were talking about the oversight. I would like to go into it a little more. Can INTERPOL put pressure on Canada or the RCMP if you decide you are not going to react to the other thing? You mentioned you had an oversight group within the RCMP organization, made up not only of RCMP but other police forces.

Public Safety committee  There is no external pressure that can make you change your minds.

Public Safety committee  Okay. In regard to the executive committee you mentioned, made up of nine people from different countries of the 194 member countries, do all of your executive have past police experience or come from police departments within those countries?

Public Safety committee  Okay. How long do our representatives from Canada usually stay, or how long are they employed in the organization? Right now, you're chief superintendent. You could go to deputy commissioner. Are the people we send relatively experienced in the role of INTERPOL policing, in our international policing?

Public Safety committee  I have one really quick question. In an average year, how many red notices would Canada get?

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Do you get a lot?