Public Safety committee  Well, one instance I gave you was the example of an individual who was involved in organized crime, a gang member. That gang member frequently crossed the border, back and forth, and the people at the border had no idea. The information sharing act will allow the organizations to

Public Safety committee  I have vast experience over 35-plus years of dealing with different law enforcement agencies internationally, and I would say I've never seen that. As well, I would encourage indigenous leaders to be part of the governance when we start developing what is going to be shared in th

Public Safety committee  I was seconded to Treasury Board Secretariat, and the funding was withdrawn as the Treasury Board was just starting the Shared Services Canada initiative. That was a higher priority at the time.

Public Safety committee  In response to SIRC, for example, which is the independent review committee for CSIS and the RCMP, they have a review committee with expertise in the activities of CSIS. So when they're auditing the CSIS files, investigations, and the sharing of information, they understand what

Public Safety committee  Certainly. As a field agent or as an individual who was working on a street-level intelligence-gathering process, they would report first to their first supervisor. Depending on what job they were doing, they would report daily to the supervisor as to what actions they'd taken. T

Public Safety committee  Absolutely not. I have heard some of the testimony. I have listened to the testimony over the last several weeks. It was funny that the individual I made mention of in the airport was telling me that he was a protester against some logging companies and what not—it's a small area

Public Safety committee  The reluctance to share information is also a historical issue. That's another battle, to encourage people to share information when they should and to do so in a timely manner. I think what you're talking about is a culture that we have to change in order to fight terrorism. W

Public Safety committee  I retired from the RCMP after 35 years, most of it on the intelligence side. I was also a liaison officer, a diplomat, in Islamabad, Pakistan. When I was there I was responsible for 17 countries, including Afghanistan and other “stans”, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq. I was th

Public Safety committee  When I first started with the ISE, I embedded some staff members from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to help and guide us. From reading the proposed new security of Canada information sharing act, I know that it is implied that there will be strong oversight. It is specif

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. I've come here not only as an individual but also in terms of the prior role that I had with the government before I retired. A few years ago it was determined that there really wasn't any overarching coordination to ensure intelligenc