Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  It's not the first time.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that. Mr. Chair, I didn't see any of the news this afternoon or today, but the communications protocol that's been brought into effect for the RCMP is one that simply reflects the policies the RCMP has had for years and years and years. It essentially consolidates

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that. Just as I was appointed, actually, so in and around November, pre-existing cases and complaints of harassment and sexual harassment really bubbled up and attracted a lot of attention. My response and my strategy has been to first of all centralize the oversi

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  I don't know what the minister's office or the department has said. The bottom line is that I don't think I need anybody's approval to meet anybody.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Well, on your first question, the simple answer is no. To elaborate a bit on the communications protocol, which I think we're heading towards, I think we recognize that there are instances when we would want to give people who are ultimately accountable to Parliament for our acti

Public Safety committee  Well, then, absolutely no.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Well, the outstanding complaints need to be in our current process. That's going to change in a little while, but the current process requires that a harassment complaint be screened for validity. Once it's determined to be a valid harassment complaint, then it's analyzed for cod

Public Safety committee  I don't take issue with some of them being around for that long of a time, but let me distinguish between a disciplinary process on the back of a harassment complaint that's taking years to get resolved versus a harassment complaint that's unscreened for years and years. I know

Public Safety committee  I don't know if I have them between.... I have them per division, and somewhere in this pile here is a separation between gender. But I'll say this. There's a fair representation in each category of women complaining against women, women complaining against men, men complaining a

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that question. That's what I've been engaged in over the last several weeks, since my appointment, frankly, when I can find the time. For example, last week I was in eastern Canada and I had occasion to get out with some of our officers and do a quick traffic enfor