Public Safety committee  In Canada. If the individual has lived in other countries, we ask our INTERPOL office to check with those other countries to see whether there have been any other charges or criminal records under the laws of the countries in question. Then, depending on the procedures and laws of the other countries, there may be a considerable delay before we can get the information.

Public Safety committee  As regards civil checks, the provincial police are able to obtain new systems in order to do that.

Public Safety committee  It's currently doing it. LiveScans are used for two reasons: criminal checks and civil checks. With regard to civil checks, the Sûreté du Québec is currently—

Public Safety committee  Pardon me?

Public Safety committee  Yes, getting the system so it can do that.

Public Safety committee  Yes, it will. It will do both checks.

Public Safety committee  The system has to be updated.

Public Safety committee  Yes, or a private business that provides fingerprint submission services.

Public Safety committee  Of course. So that's used for obtaining visas or for checks.

Public Safety committee  On paper, yes.

Public Safety committee  If it's for a vulnerable sector, it is the jurisdiction of the local police. If it's for any other type of employment, it can be done at any police agency, as well as by private companies that are connected directly to our automated system for submitting fingerprints for civil purposes.

Public Safety committee  If it's not for a vulnerable sector, which requires local police jurisdiction.

Public Safety committee  It depends on the complexity, on if they require one piece of equipment or multiple, if they have servers. It could be a matter of days or weeks.

Public Safety committee  It depends on the need of the police agencies to identify how many units they require. It depends on the geographical areas as well, or it depends on the volume they have at their police agency.

Public Safety committee  You mean the information pending the 216 form?