Public Safety committee  From what I have seen, professionals will be hired.

Public Safety committee  You are talking about potential witnesses?

Public Safety committee  There is an interview process held with them to ensure that they know people well, and that they can prepare a management program for us which will allow these people to succeed within the program.

Public Safety committee  No, 108 would be the number of assessments we did last year.

Public Safety committee  We work with our informatics sector, who are well versed in this area, to ensure that there are appropriate levels of protection around our systems. Frankly, I couldn't go into what's behind it, but I work with the appropriate people who have the expertise to make sure the inform

Public Safety committee  The short answer to your question is yes. Again, I refer back to the psychological assessment and the case management plan that is being prepared. Through that, we recognize the cultural needs that are there and how that case management plan can be adapted to ensure that person,

Public Safety committee  I guess what I can say from an RCMP perspective is that we continually evaluate all our programs. Based upon the needs, we'll make the decisions that are required. We look at our programs on a yearly basis.

Public Safety committee  There's no limit, per se. It would be based on the threat assessment that was done and what type of protection package would be required.

Public Safety committee  I'll start with what the training is, and then I'll turn to my partner to go a little more in depth. We've increased the initial training of people working within the witness protection program from two weeks to three in the first phase. Within 10 months, in phase two of the tra

Public Safety committee  It's correct. As you said, it's not cut and dried all the time.

Public Safety committee  With the provincial program, in essence, that's correct. They come to us and we assist with obtaining federal documents.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I would agree with that.

Public Safety committee  I am confident that we have the necessary resources to conduct an effective witness protection program, even with what Bill C-51 adds.

Public Safety committee  We will immediately increase resources. We have increased the resources allocated to our witness protection unit. It is always a matter of assessing the risks for witnesses. There are many ways to protect witnesses: there is the protection service and temporary services. I am con

Public Safety committee  What we did was look at what had happened over the years and we established an average number of people who want to participate in the program. We are aware of the amendments in Bill C-51. We have therefore made improvements to the program. We have added psychologists. We have se