Public Safety committee  All the members will be paid. They will be paid a per diem. That rate is fixed as part of the appointment process when the Governor in Council makes the appointment.

Public Safety committee  Correct. It's a part-time appointment, so they will be paid by the day, plus their travel expenses. In these types of arrangements, normally some degree of preparatory time or reading time will be paid.

Public Safety committee  The department has determined the cost of the committee at about, I believe, $1.6 million per year, $7 million over 5 years, and $1.6 million ongoing to be funded from within the existing reference levels of the RCMP.

Public Safety committee  The minister said that he hopes to see the committee operational soon. In January the government announced its intent to proceed with the establishment of an interim arrangement to get the board up and running. I believe the minister said in a scrum yesterday that he expected it

Public Safety committee  When members have complaints, the board does not sit to receive members' complaints.

Public Safety committee  I didn't mean that they investigate complaints; I know they don't investigate complaints. I'm talking about fixing the systemic issues. The goal is to help the minister do that.

Public Safety committee  That would be very much up to the board to decide. The board will be free, under the proposed provisions, to determine its own procedures and its own method of working.

Public Safety committee  Ultimately, the board would give its advice to the commissioner. As foreseen, the commissioner, in turn, supported by that advice, can help make better decisions and present better business cases. If we take the example in (f),“the development and implementation of operating and

Public Safety committee  The bill includes a provision that the management advisory board may also provide the minister with a copy of any advice that it is giving the commissioner. On those types of issues where there are large, difficult decisions being made—you used an example about capital budgeting

Public Safety committee  The other provisions are, as we mentioned in response to a question from the other side, that the deputy minister is also present in the meetings of the board and therefore is aware and informed by the discussions and deliberations of the board.

Public Safety committee  No. Nothing here would change the role of what's proposed in the following bill, or vice versa.

Public Safety committee  Could I ask you to repeat the question, please?

Public Safety committee  What is being proposed for the RCMP is indeed new. However, there are many advisory boards within the federal government.

Public Safety committee  No ministers, but there is often a representative, usually the deputy minister.

Public Safety committee  The board's mandate is not to fix those issues. The board's mandate is to give expert advice to the commissioner in her mandate to fix those issues.