Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I would refer again to the selection criteria themselves. The selection committee has actually added seven major criteria to the selection criteria. Each and every one of them speaks to the kind of leadership that the committee felt the RCMP will need going into the

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  I would point again to the one about “Understanding of Canada’s social and cultural fabric and a sensitivity to the issues relevant to the diversity of the Canadian population”. In the criteria from 2007 there were brackets, with a number of additions: racial, cultural, linguisti

Public Safety committee  No, unless we're going to count the executive search firm that will be from the outside.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Specifically, Mr. Chairman, I would point to the second criterion under “Knowledge”, which says: Understanding of Canada’s social and cultural fabric and a sensitivity to the issues relevant to the diversity of the Canadian population. I would also point to the fifth bullet u

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure I would interpret it that way, Mr. Chairman.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. I was trained as a lawyer, and I have been working in my current position as deputy secretary for senior personnel and public service renewal for four and a half years. I was here the last time the RCMP commissioner was selected and through many seni

Public Safety committee  Certainly. If you would turn to the proposed selection criteria, it probably would be easier if I referred to that. What we are looking for is significant management experience at the senior executive level, although we have highlighted that this should be experience that would

Public Safety committee  Overall I would say we have streamlined the selection criteria considerably. We have made them shorter and we've made them sharper and clearer, in my view. We have also added a number of new criteria to reflect the current operating environment for the RCMP. As I was mentioning

Public Safety committee  Yes. Thank you for the question. I think I should start with the fact that the position was last vacant four and a half years ago. For any of these significant positions, you look back at the selection criteria that were applicable at the time to see whether they need updating.

Public Safety committee  I'm told that the French translation isn't working. We're okay now? All right. I'm sorry for the interruption. Time won't be taken away from you, Mr. Rathgeber. You may continue. As I was saying, the committee does have quite a broad range of expertise. The committee members

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I would say that we started with the selection criteria from 2007. The selection committee did meet and it actually carefully considered each one of the requirements in the document. As you can probably guess, there were some updates to the document. So it is not

Public Safety committee  The committee is on track for a nomination of a candidate, an appointment by the government, in October of 2011. This is an important process. It requires careful consideration. A thorough national search will be done. There will be an assessment to develop a short list for inter

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's a good assumption.