Public Safety committee  The provinces will decide who to assign. We will work with the people assigned by the provinces to ensure they are trained and that they understand what is required to obtain federal documents.

Public Safety committee  As we shared earlier, you're helping that particular family on the road to becoming self-sufficient, so they're going to have to live somewhere, depending on what their educational needs would be, what their particular training needs would be, if they have any health concerns tha

Public Safety committee  Based upon decisions by Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Public Safety, there can be admissions into the witness protection program in Canada from outside jurisdictions.

Public Safety committee  None that I anticipate.

Public Safety committee  It's just that the protection umbrella is expanded.

Public Safety committee  From my experience, we'd pay for it.

Public Safety committee  That's normally the case.

Public Safety committee  Between Greg and me, we know the program inside out, and I think the front line is aware of the existence of the program. Every province within the country has witness protection people assigned to them, so if they make a determination that they feel that this is a person they wa

Public Safety committee  We welcome the changes that are here before the committee because they're going to streamline it. One of the bigger things that's within the provincial jurisdiction is in regard to the obtaining of federal documents. That's one positive. Within the RCMP program, we've indicated

Public Safety committee  It depends on who undertakes the investigation at the provincial level and what decisions they make. They can certainly be considered for entry into the federal program. At all times we don't detract from our process. We will do the proper assessment, and based upon that risk ass

Public Safety committee  We're not going to leave someone at risk, but we have people who we've identified were at risk and they've thanked us for our concern and have clearly indicated they have no interest in our protection or entering any of our programs. With regard to the 108, I think it's clear t

Public Safety committee  Not that I'm aware of.

Public Safety committee  Last year's budget was about $9.1 million. I think what has to be clear as well is that of the 800 or 1,000 people who are within the program, some of those people are self-sufficient within the program as the years progress, so they remain within the program but they're self-s

Public Safety committee  We would have the figures of the federal program. It depends on the province that the particular witness comes from. We don't monitor their expenses or what choices they make with regard to how they protect the persons within their programs.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.