National Defence committee  I'm not going to disagree with the fact that there are going to be special circumstances, especially in theatre, whether it be sending a military police, an NIS officer, to deal with a KIA the field and do the forensics. There's no question that there will be circumstances. Quite

National Defence committee  When we go across the country and talk to military police officers, it's an interesting discussion we have about interference complaints. One of them is that we don't get very many. Some people are of the opinion that maybe we don't get very many because the chain of command in t

National Defence committee  Well, you can use the word “fiction”, but what I'll say is that the document, as it's set, if put into the legislation today, would not allow the VCDS to do what is being proposed, as it is being interpreted.

National Defence committee  Justice Lamer recommended that the National Defence Act be amended to define the role of the Canadian Forces provost marshal and set out the legislative framework governing the relationship between the Canadian Forces provost marshal and the military police, including the Nationa

National Defence committee  That's correct, yes. The 1998 accountability framework was very specific. It's a one-page document, and it lays it out as I stated in my remarks. It is not a complicated document.

National Defence committee  It does not allow that person to give direction.

National Defence committee  If it were to be incorporated as it has worked for the past 15 to 20 years, or since 1998, this section wouldn't even exist; it wouldn't be there. They've made a change.

National Defence committee  Certainly there's an old adage that justice must not only appear to be done but must actually be done, and in terms of policing, the whole aspect of maintaining the independence of policing investigations is paramount. We're not talking here about the management of the police ser

National Defence committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I'd like to thank you for inviting us today to testify relative to this study of Bill C-15. I'm accompanied today by my general counsel and director of operations, Ms. Julianne Dunbar, who has been with the commission vi

National Defence committee  I have not dealt with the French language systemic issues since I've been in. My time has essentially been spent on the public interest hearing and the other investigations. But clearly I would like to discuss, with my general counsel and chief of staff, researching information y

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  I would be more than pleased to do that.

National Defence committee  It's not an issue with our resolving the complaint. The recommendations have all been accepted. I'm not sure that every military police officer is happy with the recommendations, but they have been accepted and acknowledged. So we move on. Certainly, you learn a little bit with e

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  You would have to ask the authorities. That's beyond our purview. We don't get involved in that at all. We're not in that function. We don't involve ourselves in the courts. We have hearings, potentially public interest hearings. But we're not involved in the issue of laying crim