Finance committee  I stand to be corrected, but I think the RCMP is around 70%, because they're municipal, provincial, city.

Finance committee  I can only speak from my perspective. I do not see an issue with having some accountability on this. I speak from having lived through two enquiries. I had absolutely no problem having to justify what was done and explaining it to an appropriate body. I think that is appropriate.

Finance committee  I come at this having lived through two inquiries. It was great, because at that point everybody was playing armchair quarterback, and we had that luxury at the time. But I've had, obviously, years to think about this. When I've looked through it, and I think this is what police

Finance committee  I totally agree with what the deputy commissioner said. Mike and I used to work together, so I know him very well. I know we bandied this about in my previous life with him. I think part of the problem is that we should have seen some of this terrorist fallout coming. I think wi

Finance committee  Yes, sir, absolutely. The point has always come up, whenever this has been raised, that there have never been many prosecutions for these. However, that being said, there have been some prosecutions in which they were directly linked to the Hells Angels. I can tell you, from my

Finance committee  I don't think we've had a case yet in Canada, and I'll defer maybe to my colleague from the U.K. There is literature out there or some evidence to suggest that organized crime is actually collaborating with some terrorist groups, but I think we have to be very cautious.

Finance committee  I would suggest that Western Union absolutely does. You have to understand that Western Union works on a system of agents. The level of understanding and expertise of those agents varies from no knowledge to a very high level of knowledge. The ones that concern me the most are th

Finance committee  First of all, it is a difficult question to answer. In reality, I think the more experience you get, the better you become at it. As my colleague Matt has said, we go in and do a lot of reviews of these independent reviews. I have actually gone in, and I think without fail on eve

Finance committee  That's a very good question. There have been a number of studies, and the financial action task force, I think, has highlighted that. The one area in which we have been grossly inadequate, and I believe November's upcoming audit of FATF will bear this out again, is the whole enfo

Finance committee  I'll use an analogy that I used one time for former Commissioner Zaccardelli. When I was still in the organization, we often came back to Parliament, as you know, asking for more resources, and I can remember using the same analogy to the commissioner. I asked him if we needed mo

Finance committee  I think the first thing we have to do is to make sure we have experienced prosecutors in law enforcement. That expertise will help expedite these matters, because it ensures that the product is professionally done and packaged and the prosecutors have an understanding of how to w

Finance committee  Very briefly, I can tell you we constantly monitor expertise. When you bring an investigator in, first of all they have to have the skills. We have monitored them, and their experience varies from an average of 3.8 years across Canada to as low as 1.2 years.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. The other thing I would suggest, which is of value, is that we need to look at biometric software. One requirement under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act is identification and often that is not face to face. I've made a s

Finance committee  Chairman Rajotte and distinguished members, thank you very much for this kind invitation. I want to also thank you for allowing me to submit a fairly lengthy document. I obviously won't go through it, as we'd be here all morning, but I do want to cover some highlights, if you w