Public Safety committee  Yes, sir, very definitely. We had presentations from the local detachment of the RCMP almost monthly, giving out statistics, etc. I'd like to make a comment here. The RCMP response time is considered by some to be not adequate, but what happened to me happened in a matter of se

Public Safety committee  I'll call you Jim. The atmosphere was not what I thought it would be. The people were upset. They weren't upset necessarily at the RCMP or the system or anything else; it was more frustration, I think. For example, people were saying the criminal can come into your home and he h

Public Safety committee  I don't feel that handguns are of concern in rural Canada. They definitely are in the cities. In the rural areas, people just don't have that many handguns. There aren't that many out there. We have guns for protection. As you know, Jim, where I live and whatnot, when I go from

Public Safety committee  Fine and dandy. My problem right now is the mental trauma. I'm having a terrible time with PTSD. Since that time, I've only been able to have four sessions with the specialist. I'm 83 years old and at a loss to rationalize the vindictiveness of this assault. I'm embarrassed to a

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon to everybody. My name is Fred Priestley-Wright. I'm 83 years old. I live in rural west central Alberta. I am a professional. I am an aeronautical engineer by profession. I worked as an aerodynamicist on the Avro Arrow and then under contract t