Public Safety committee  No, sir. We've had a database since we've been doing this business. What we're doing is enhancing the database to allow us to better track the data, particularly with the introduction of the psychologists and their recommendations. It allows us to better track the protectees. It

Public Safety committee  Yes, just the overall general accountability for the program.

Public Safety committee  No, the other agencies—as I think the assistant commissioner said earlier—pay for what's in the protection agreement. So the numbers that Assistant Commissioner Shean just made reference to are RCMP costs. Those do not include the costs, for instance, associated with a Winnipeg c

Public Safety committee  No. The numbers that have been provided by the assistant commissioner directly reflect the costs the RCMP has incurred.

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir.

Public Safety committee  It's between 800 and 1,000.

Public Safety committee  There are two elements related to the training, sir. One element deals with the administrative component of the program. The federal witness protection program is a very heavy administrative initiative. The other component deals more with the operational perspective. From an

Public Safety committee  There are a number of protocols. Ones that would be appropriate to probably discuss here right now, for instance, would be all of the protocols surrounding the admissions process, how the organization has made significant structural shifts to ensure the independence of the decisi

Public Safety committee  That's typically not done.

Public Safety committee  There's always consideration for that, yes.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  I think, just to build on what Assistant Commissioner Shean said, part of the process going forward, and also responding to the recommendations that came out of SECU in 2008 and Air India in 2010, has resulted in the federal program taking a much closer look at the cultural impac

Public Safety committee  Very early on in the investigation, investigators will look at all the different aspects of the investigation. If they plan, for instance, to use persons who they know will ultimately end up testifying and they anticipate a threat—and that is based on a threat assessment. The thr

Public Safety committee  Certainly the military police have a certain capacity to conduct investigations. I think another component might be perhaps certain individuals who are at risk as a result of their assistance provided to the Canadian Forces in some of their international operations, perhaps.

Public Safety committee  Yes. I suppose anything.