Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, sir, for your question. Mr. Chair, with respect to the judiciary, again, we do a lot of training in various ways with the judiciary. I will not pretend that this is specifically aimed at, writ large, having the ambition of suddenly changing the image of the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would not be in a position to provide reliable data on this specific issue. However, one thing we can point to relates both to the issue of the performance of the police and to the issue of confidence from the public vis-à-vis the police. What we hear, as I mentioned before, is

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the distinguished members of the committee for this conversation today. It was a pleasure.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Gildan?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I thought the last number I heard was 24,000.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  They have certainly put in place a number of measures towards the treatment of their staff. I am not an expert in labour conditions or textile factories; however, I can say as a layperson that I visited their factory and, compared to a number of other factories I have seen around

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for your question, sir. The only thing I can attest to is that at least so far we have not heard reports of people who have called in or reported human rights situations and have been subjected to specific harassment. I can only say this: we have not heard r

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Often in our cooperation projects we conduct what we call train-the-trainers activities which specifically enable what you suggest. However, I would be hard-pressed to provide you the specific information on that specific project. I'm sorry.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  To my knowledge, nothing has changed on this front since the arrival of the new administration.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Again, what I can point to are some of the measures that have been taken, particularly since the arrival of the new administration. There are a number of them, including specifically the aim of the police to strengthen the capacity of the police to better handle human rights chal

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The main initiatives we are aware of are those that have to do with the strengthening of investigative capacities and all the related judicial officials. Those have been the main initiatives. Of course, those initiatives, in strengthening the capacity of the prosecution and the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, I would believe that this is an area that is a little bit beyond my expertise. The treatment of charities in Canada is not.... I think there are probably people better than I to answer that question.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can attest that our diplomatic missions, our embassies abroad, interact very regularly and often with civil society organizations, local civil society organizations and Canadian ones as well. This I can attest to as a fact. On the issue of how Revenue Canada manages charities

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The program ran for a number of years and was completed at the end of 2013. That being said, training that is provided in the context of institutional strengthening projects is useful, but the challenge of enhancing the capacity of an institution is ongoing. You may have trained

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, I highlighted a number of initiatives in my opening statements. One in particular in terms of access of citizens to complaints and redress mechanism, is this 132 hotline that they have put in place, which is quite significant. It's a little bit like an ombudsman or a h