Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, it's hard for me to comment, because all of this is happening within the RCMP and it was their area of jurisdiction. One would expect that in cases where specialized help is sought--and it is sometimes up front--enough firewalls are set up so there isn't a conflict

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry to interrupt here, but I want to clarify one small topic. When Mr. Williams was questioning Mr. Brazeau a short time ago, Mr. Brazeau said a couple of times that these were the rules in CAC, and this was how they did business. It's true that CAC was a special operat

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me say that your characterization is quite right. There is a problem. I'm not sure I've seen enough evidence right now to say there was corruption. When we sent our files over to the police, they came back to us and said they did not have enough evid

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, certainly we were very concerned about the mandate and the role of CAC. We took the very unusual step of separating contracting in order to.... In the profession, that is what has been going on. Again, within the consulting arm of CAC, we took the very s

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