Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I have no information about the list itself. Actually, I do not think that the public has access to that information.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I suggest that the question be addressed directly to the Department of Transport.

Public Safety committee  Of course those are still active cases before the court. It would be improper for us to comment on that.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. As you observed, there are a number of oversight bodies already in place in the public safety portfolio, particularly those with respect to the activities of CSIS and the RCMP. There is money in the budget, of course, to put in place an expanded review and complaints

Public Safety committee  I'll answer briefly, and then I'll ask Mr. Kirvan to respond. Crime prevention continues to be an important part of the programming coming from the public safety portfolio. We are seized with the fact of the time it has taken to process requests for crime prevention projects. We

Public Accounts committee  Yes, we have identified critical sectors to ensure that we have a plan for these sectors.

Public Accounts committee  The branch responsible for emergency management is in the process of hiring other people. I must confess that we will be spending the budget that has been allocated to us this year.

Public Accounts committee  My colleagues and I are pleased to have had an opportunity to answer your questions. This an incredibly important area of government endeavour, and we will do what it takes to make sure we're fulfilling Parliament's expectations.

Public Accounts committee  I wish there were more deputies around. I don't want to speak for the clerk, but the clerk has also spoken on this matter. Ideally, we'd like to have the opportunity for deputies to stay in their positions longer. We're dealing with a demographic challenge that affects us all. We

Public Accounts committee  I can only agree with you. I've had a chance to look at a couple of the reports that came out of the exercises. First of all, I can assure you that they are taken seriously. The reports are comprehensive in reporting what worked and what didn't. Can we go further in enlarging wha

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the suggestion.

Public Accounts committee  We have a relationship with all departments and agencies in connection with our duties. We work with all organizations to ensure that proper plans are in place, monitoring events and helping to organize a response if such a response is necessary.

Public Accounts committee  The Department of Health and the Minister of Health have the lead on the health response. Our role, and it's been an active role, is working with departments and agencies and other levels of government to look at whether we have decent business continuity plans in place in case t

Public Accounts committee  At a federal level?

Public Accounts committee  There are regular meetings on H1N1 management that occur at many levels.