Public Safety committee  If we are looking at the pardon or record suspension regime, it is the information in relation to.... If it was going to be disclosed in a way where it makes reference to that record suspension, or in this case the expunged decision, then that record would be deleted as well.

Public Safety committee  I can take that question, Ms. Thompson. As part of its internal policies, the RCMP keeps the information in the National Criminal Records Repository for 125 years. This is because various government agencies frequently request information from the RCMP for statistical research.

Public Safety committee  We support this bill, and we will be ready to implement the decisions of my colleague here, once they have been made.

Public Safety committee  Yes. Thank you. I can obviously speak to that. We were talking earlier about best practices. To make a comparison, this process, this legislation, is very similar to what we are currently doing with respect to record suspension of pardons. The difference is that under a records

Public Safety committee  No. Our partners abroad aren't subject to these federal legislative provisions. With respect to pardons, we advise our police partners that the Parole Board of Canada has issued a decision. We simply advise them, and it is up to them to decide whether or not to expunge this info

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. I would first like to ask for some clarification regarding your question.

Public Safety committee  The RCMP has different information-sharing agreements with some foreign countries. We have agreements with the United States and others through Interpol and Europol.

Public Safety committee  I can't give you the RCMP's position in this particular case, but generally the RCMP does not have the mandate to forward this information about country entries and exits, and so on.

Public Safety committee  The role of the RCMP and myself, as the director general of the National Criminal Records Repository, is to implement the decision of our colleagues from the Parole Board of Canada Once a decision has been submitted by the board, we will have to notify the federal agencies and o