Public Safety committee  Amendment PV-2, as I understand it, relates to consultation and co-operation.

Public Safety committee  If I understand your question correctly, the bill is not meant to interfere with the removal or extradition process. Complaints can be continued and can be brought from outside of Canada. Any person who felt they had a complaint could bring that forward, whether they were in Cana

Public Safety committee  I don't want to speak to the intent of the RCMP Act or the provisions that are there. I was not involved in their drafting or their development. With respect to the bill that is before you, we've provided our advice to cabinet through our minister, and this is the bill the gove

Public Safety committee  I'll turn to Mr. Talbot on that.

Public Safety committee  The intent of this bill is not to impose a restriction on who could become a member of the commission by virtue of having formerly been employed by the CBSA. The amendment offered by Mr. Manly would impose on former CBSA members the same restriction that currently applies to form

Public Safety committee  We worked mostly on the CBSA-related elements. With respect to those elements, the decision was made not to impose a similar requirement for former employees of the CBSA. They are different kinds of workforces. The CBSA tends to engage summer students and the like, who may spend

Public Safety committee  They would certainly be able to access any of the information, whether those CBSA activities took place in Canada or abroad. If that would require them to go abroad, I don't know, or if they'd be able to interview people in Canada, but they'd be entitled to have access to CBSA in

Public Safety committee  The first body to investigate any complaint would be the CBSA, in most cases. They would be able to look at that, make findings and then give those findings back to the complainant. There are provisions throughout that require the subject employee to be notified and kept informed

Public Safety committee  I don't. I may have missed something in the translation.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Minister. Public Safety consulted, within the strictures of cabinet confidence obviously, with the CBSA and with the RCMP in the development of the draft legislation.

Public Safety committee  The consultation with respect to the union was handled through the CBSA. My understanding is that the CBSA engaged with the union after the tabling of the bill.