Public Safety committee  Yes, Mr. Chairman. I think I made the point earlier that the selection committee worked hard to shorten the selection criteria and sharpen them, which means that some of the detail has been left out from the previous version. But in the end, I think what you want is to put the

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, what I can say is that we have actually substantially changed the selection criteria. I think it is an indication that we are looking forward to the future for the type of leadership the RCMP requires in its current and future operating environment.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I would summarize by saying that there are at least seven new criteria in the selection criteria for 2011.

Public Safety committee  We do an assessment of a candidate's capacities in many ways. There is a variety of tools that we have available to us. The search firm will do an extensive campaign right across the country looking for candidates who would meet the selection criteria. They will do pre-interviews

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. The selection committee is interested in finding a leader for the RCMP who is very capable of communicating with all different types of audiences. That is one of the key characteristics. And you will see, under the “Abilities” heading, that we're loo

Public Safety committee  I don't think it's an omission in the selection criteria, but by the same token, if this committee is going to make that suggestion, then we will consider it seriously.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do not think that one is a necessary addition. The RCMP is subject to the overall government policies under which the government is committed to employment equity and ensuring that appointments, both within the RCMP and outside, are reflective of Canad

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I'll start that, and I'll split my answer with my colleague here. Under “Experience”, we are looking for experience in building and maintaining productive and effective multipartite relationships with partner organizations and diverse stakeholders. I believe the se

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I think I will start with the second question and then ask my colleague to deal with the first and perhaps the third. I think the question was, is policing experience one of the requirements? I think you will find that we have actually not specified direct policing

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I'm a bit at a loss on this one. I understood that we were going to talk about the selection criteria for the new commissioner. I don't feel that my colleague and I are in a position to comment.

Public Safety committee  Okay, Mr. Chairman.

Public Safety committee  Certainly, Mr. Chairman. I think we would go back to the concept of the context and the operating environment in which the RCMP finds itself in 2011 versus 2007. In particular, I would cite its report on planning and priorities, which states “the RCMP is facing a period of inten

Public Safety committee  There was a selection committee the last time as well.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, one of them is James Kelleher and the other is Jean-Jacques Blais.

Public Safety committee  I think they represent two opposite perspectives.