Public Safety committee  Yes, but it depends on whether they're being referred to the provincial program or the federal program.

Public Safety committee  If they are coming into the federal program, yes.

Public Safety committee  They always could, and this legislation now with the designated...it will streamline that process.

Public Safety committee  They are eligible today. Simply with the amendments to the legislation now, if CSIS so chooses, they could refer witnesses to the witness protection program

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  Not in any case that I could point to specifically. We recognize that the level of criminality is becoming more sophisticated, so this legislation affords that protection.

Public Safety committee  I don't want to venture an answer because I don't have specific information about their program.

Public Safety committee  I think other police services have some aspects of a witness protection program. That may be the case in Montreal or Toronto. My colleague tells me that the City of Montreal has a certain program, but I am not very aware of what it does.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  There are occasions where there are voluntary terminations from the program. However, even during voluntary terminations we meet the individuals to ensure that the decision they are taking to voluntarily terminate is a well-informed decision. They are certainly advised that at an

Public Safety committee  Even if you decide you want out, frankly, it's still there for you.

Public Safety committee  As Greg stated earlier, to answer your question directly, yes.

Public Safety committee  No, there are existing provincial programs that offer protection to people who are testifying in a case within that province. We'll often see the more comprehensive organized crime files that span a number of provinces come to the federal program because it touches a number of di

Public Safety committee  The word “temporary”.... There are provincial witness protection programs that afford a regime for protection of witnesses within the province. Provinces can certainly refer to the federal program. They're two different programs, but there are regimes.

Public Safety committee  There could be a number of different trigger points. The province could decide it's a provincial case and they're referring it to their own program and will deal with the protectee within the confines of their program. Or for some reason they could feel there are intricacies with