Health committee  The specific one we're discussing now is located in the Vancouver city police jurisdiction, which is not an RCMP jurisdiction, so we'd have to actually go to another police force's jurisdiction and ask them if they have the statistics on that. It's not something we would keep. It

Health committee  I've been involved, as I said, when legislation comes forward to inform discussions on some of the things we're seeing. I've been involved in projects in the past through my involvement with the G7 when we looked at equipment. When we are asked we inform discussions on some of th

Health committee  Thank you for your question. Your being an RCMP brat, and my son just completed his second-year residency. He wanted to be an emergency room doctor, so I think we have something in common. What I'd like to share from a law enforcement perspective is that when asked, we will inf

Health committee  I'm not aware that we've done a specific study with regard to a crime increase around a supervised site, so I wouldn't be able to give you an answer other than that I'm not aware of any particular study being done in that regard from an RCMP perspective.

Health committee  I'm not aware that the RCMP looked at such a policy.

Health committee  I think we can always look at other areas and say that they have this or that. My approach to this has always been that there are bodies within Canada that decide what the laws within Canada will be, and we are there to enforce those laws. If laws are being considered and our opi

Health committee  Thank you for your question. The RCMP has a number of strategies involved. A number of years ago, the RCMP instituted what we called a synthetic drug strategy, which focused on prevention, enforcement, and of course education. Also, within the ranks of the RCMP here in Ottawa, a

Health committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to the committee this morning. As we are well aware, there has been a staggering increase in opioid overdoses in Canada, both lethal and non-lethal, which is the reason that this issue must be treated as a cris