Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. We often have this discussion in the world I live in, the international community, because we talk about the UN's desire to have more women police. My colleagues in the international police world say the same thing, “If only we had more at home, domes

Foreign Affairs committee  I think one of the strengths of Canada's national action plan is the contributing partners who all work collaboratively together so we can prioritize. There has been a review, as you know, and there were some recommendations in that review. We've adopted, as an example, one of th

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I must point out that I came here to talk specifically about the international aspect of women’s participation in peace missions. In our organization, we are all leaders in this area. Some people work closely with the RCMP commissioner, who is the o

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that question on that very important issue. As you all know, Canada is very committed to ensuring that our officers are not only pre-screened, selected, but that they also go through a tremendous amount of training, etc., to ensure that we are not one of those case

Foreign Affairs committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security. To begin, I would like to take some time to provide