Public Accounts committee  Okay, well I'll just say a couple of them. It's been alleged that money was taken out of the insurance fund. Well, in fact, as I mentioned in my statement, the RCMP does not have the authority, does not have the mandate to administer insurance. Basically, all we do is get the premiums and we turn them over to Great-West Life.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a number of documents that I would like to deposit with the clerk, if I may. They include the financial statements, as audited by the Auditor General, for the year ending December 31, 2006. I also have a pocket-sized booklet for managers in the RCMP, entitled Challenges of Stewardship.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, sir, they're in both official languages.

Public Accounts committee  I also have a letter, filed by my lawyers with the chairman of the committee, dealing with procedural matters before this committee, and I also have a copy of my opening statement. I want to thank you for inviting me to the public accounts committee. In order to put matters in context from a financial perspective, I wish to give the members of the committee some information.

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure what the final question was, but I do want to clear up what was reimbursed to the pension fund. What I replied to Mr. Nadeau earlier is that all expenses to the pension fund that should not have been charged there have been either reversed or reimbursed, except for $350,000 that was paid to Consulting and Audit Canada.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, Mr. Aiken, the internal auditor, has just joined us at the table. He is responsible for that report, so perhaps I'd defer to him.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, again, the RCMP is responsible for around $4 billion right now. That's the total budget. We have 26,000 employees across the country. For this particular unit, there was a unit within HR called “National Compensation”, which was responsible for this particular activity.

Public Accounts committee  I can assure you, and the Auditor General has said that. On top of this, we have added a number of additional controls. In an organization of 26,000 people, we cannot assure that somebody at a point in time will not decide to circumvent controls, but I can assure you that in time they will be caught.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  That depends on Public Works and Government Services Canada. We are holding regular discussions.

Public Accounts committee  Could you repeat that?

Public Accounts committee  As soon as possible.

Public Accounts committee  In the RCMP under HR we have a unit called national compensation and pension. That's where those funds were managed. So they were managed as part of the HR funds, but after 2000 all pension funds were separately accounted for.

Public Accounts committee  They're managed within the RCMP.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.