Public Safety committee  That's the choice the government of the day has made, to give that mandate very clearly to the commissioner and then to support her with tools to deliver on the mandate, rather than at this point upset or alter the existing relationships—

Public Safety committee  —in relation to who is the employer and who has financial authorities, etc.

Public Safety committee  As we said, the benefit comes to the commissioner in having a broader set of experts who can help her with very complex issues about a very complex national organization.

Public Safety committee  Of course you do.

Public Safety committee  Very much so. Mr. Goodale has spoken publicly about the process under way to find the composition of a board that does those very things.

Public Safety committee  Or, in the third scenario, the Minister of Public Safety requests or directs the commissioner of the RCMP to seek the view of the management advisory committee.

Public Safety committee  Correct.

Public Safety committee  The answer is no, because the board's goal is to make recommendations to the commissioner, not to have a public role. It's not involved in the administration of a statute. It is not a review body. Parliament is not delegating to it the responsibility to administer a statute or c

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  On the first point, the government of the day would be open to selecting board members that it felt responded to the current needs of the board, given the kind of experience that was necessary to help the commissioner. For your example of police experience, I think the minister

Public Safety committee  I think what the government is doing in response to a long series of recommendations going back many years about the need to fix cultural problems in the RCMP, in part, is by changing the governance of the RCMP. In this instance, what the government has proposed is a board that

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  That is a discussion between the commissioner and the board and the commissioner and the minister. What the government has proposed is that rather than create a board that has decision-making or directive power over the commissioner—

Public Safety committee  —it has given the commissioner of the RCMP, in her mandate letter, a very clear mandate to lead transformation of the RCMP—

Public Safety committee  —and then to equip her with the tools to support her in doing that.