Public Safety committee  With regard to the changes being brought forward, if they're entering a provincial regime, the changes brought forward under this new act will facilitate the obtaining of documents. It clearly spells out within the act the criteria and the protections that are afforded to the ind

Public Safety committee  I think you are absolutely correct, Mr. Minister, and we have done this. The program at one point used to report through an intermediary; now the program reports directly to me. Within the respective provinces, we've severed the relationship between the operational side of our

Public Safety committee  No. I too look at the threat assessment to the potential witness or the person involved. The crime can be whatever the crime might be.

Public Safety committee  The type of protection we are going to have to afford this particular individual is always a consideration that we have, as part of the assessment. Normally it's based upon the type of organization or the type of situation the person finds him or herself in and the type of protec

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Minister, Mr. Chair, as the minister has stated, with the changes this bill brings about, the RCMP is comfortable that we have the resources within our existing resources to run an effective witness protection program.

Public Safety committee  That's correct. It's not a question of resources; it's a question of the assessment that's done. Once the assessment is completed...during the assessment process the person may decide that they do not want to enter into the program, they don't want to proceed on the route they're

Public Safety committee  As you stated, the criteria are under section 7 of the act, and cost is one of the considerations. But I can say that at the end of the day, the witness protection program reports to me, and I'm the one who signs off on the admissions or the terminations. Cost is one of the facto

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry. That's certainly out of my area of expertise. I'm not certain. I wouldn't know the answer. I apologize.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would run the indices to check on the names that were provided to us. Depending on the indices check, it could lead to a fingerprint verification. As I said in my speech, under the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, in certain circumstances we'll check it against our intelligence da

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would receive a request to check our databases and then we would provide the information to our partners at CBSA, up to CISC, so those numbers would rest in my colleague's area, I believe.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do the checks and are involved in it; however, we pass what we discover as a result of the checks to our partners.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I stated earlier, I believe it was introduced this morning, so I expect we'll be back before this committee for further discussion on this. We have to have a lot better understanding of what is contemplated, and then I think we'll be in a better position to answer your questio

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I wouldn't know that percentage off the top of my head, sorry.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.