Public Safety committee  —but the main thing is retribution. If a woman complains, whether she wins or loses, there will be retribution. This is why even a very good committee is not going to receive a lot of complaints: because of the retribution.

Public Safety committee  In many, many cases, yes.

Public Safety committee  Okay. What I wanted to say is that first, you have to go to field training. In field training, there were constant sexual invitations, you might say, from the leaders to the young women who were dependent on assessment by those people and were in a situation where they had no cho

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry about that.

Public Safety committee  The culture of the RCMP portrayed by the claimants is one of sexism, homophobia, gossip and backbiting where reprisal for rocking the boat and rumour mongering flourish. While many claimants took care to mention that they had worked with some good members, they indicated that eve

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the invitation. I was happy to receive this invitation because I think this report is very important. It's a devastating report, I think, for a major institution of our country. Everybody wants the RCMP to be what we thought it would be, or that it should be, and t

Public Safety committee  Okay, is this better?

Public Safety committee  What I was saying is that when I began to work on the project, I knew, of course, that there had been previous studies and that some of them had dealt directly with the problem of integrating women into the RCMP. However, I had no idea of the present situation or the measures tha

Official Languages committee  I am available, and quite determined to help you to the extent that is possible, and to share some of my experience. However, I want to reiterate that I am not representing anyone besides myself here.

Official Languages committee  That's true.

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  It is very difficult for him to deal with the quality of service in English in provincial jurisdiction areas. Even under the provincial legislation, when there's a right to a service, it means the right to a service of equal quality. I don't know if you're aware of this, but th

Official Languages committee  I am not aware of what has been done, nor of what will be done. I have often been told that the digital provision of services would not diminish access to those services in both languages. I think that the obligation of publishing in both languages applies also to digital formats

Official Languages committee  I think that could be done through the Official Languages Regulations, since that is how the act is applied. Obviously, the regulations should specify how the Official Languages Act should be interpreted. In my opinion, the first thing that should be done would be to define what

Official Languages committee  Yes, and I believe that is Treasury Board's responsibility now. Indeed, when particular obligations are created, it must ensure that the various departments and organizations obey the law.