Public Safety committee  Then fix the veterans act. Go on. I'm sorry, sir.

Public Safety committee  Certainly. Now I work as a journalist. I'm a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists and I have questioned the RCMP, Sergeant Cox in Ottawa, quite closely about the incident that happened in Ottawa. They have provided me, certainly, with no evidence, nor does anything i

Public Safety committee  I'm referring to Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau, who shot Corporal Cirillo.

Public Safety committee  Detain him for what? He didn't print a manifesto and declare on it he would attack Parliament, so detain him for what? What was in his mind? I hope we're not there.

Public Safety committee  Sir, the RCMP have provided no direct evidence, and by the way, that case is still open, mysteriously. They provided no direct evidence.

Public Safety committee  If the RCMP had reason to believe this man was going to commit a criminal act, why weren't they watching him? Why did they not notice that this man, who was working in B.C., stayed in a homeless shelter in Ottawa and went out and bought a gun and a car? They didn't notice any of

Public Safety committee  Okay, but it is hard to see. The RCMP in none of those cases so far have presented evidence that by monitoring the person's communications they could have stopped this event. I would disagree with you there, sir.

Public Safety committee  My name is William Ray. I served for 10 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. I hold the Governor General of Canada's decoration for bravery for halting ethnic cleansing in the Medak area of Croatia in 1993. The first member of my family to get to Canada arrived here in 1759 and f