Public Safety committee  Unfortunately, I'm not in the position now to provide you the actual numbers that you're looking for, but the reality though is not a new reality. I have 34 years in the RCMP and 34 years ago we were still experiencing back then members who were completing their training and we

Public Safety committee  Actually, I can probably provide you with a little bit of clarity around this. The $158.6 million in lapsed funding can be broken down as follows: $15.2 million was in a frozen allotment, which means it cannot be used for anything else; $61 million was carried forward for projec

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, thank you very much for the question. I think we need to put a little bit of context around yesterday's reports. Very succinctly, I'll try to give you the context. In November 2013, we were advised that the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner had initi

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry, I'm not aware of any discussions ongoing currently with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. There was a lot of work that was done as you pointed out. Consultation was very extensive, including with the employees of the RCMP and regular members, as well as public service employees and the civilian members.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. Thank you very much for your question. I could probably speak on it for the rest of the time that we have. As you pointed out, and as Minister Blaney pointed out, it provides for the RCMP a whole new regime for management of human resources and code of conduct issues

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Minister. Actually, I don't have much, because I've been tied up in meetings. The last information I was provided was that he was seriously wounded and was undergoing surgery, but his life was not in danger.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your comments. Yes indeed, it is not that there is a misunderstanding about the importance of parliamentary privilege as such, but it is, rather, a matter of coordination among the various organizations. Mr. Michaud and Mr. McDonell have already done a great deal o

Public Safety committee  In terms of our contract work, the opportunities are very minimal. In terms of aboriginal communities that are located in Ontario and Quebec, the relationship is already there. In terms of the collaboration and the enhanced coordination with them, working together to attack organ

Public Safety committee  That's a difficult question to answer, especially if you exclude Quebec and Ontario. Our role in first nations policing or in assisting first nations policing is actually being managed out of our contract side of the house. Within Ontario and Quebec, and actually nationally, to

Public Safety committee  I can't disagree with you, but as I said, unfortunately, in terms of how our contract's going to be mitigating whatever reductions they are going to be subjected to, I don't think I'm the one who should be speaking to that. What I can tell you, though, as the government, as the

Public Safety committee  That's an interesting question. I am going to try to answer it. It might not be exactly on point, but these are some of the things we're looking at. Flexibility means flexibility in terms of being able to go after a criminal organization by whatever means the investigators can d

Public Safety committee  How much time do I have?

Public Safety committee  It's hard to say how an investigation would be initiated, especially in the context of human trafficking. I'd suggest it's very likely that we would be the lead agency from the start. Assuming CSIS was involved.... Actually I support CSIS expanding their international footprint.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. History has shown that.