Public Safety committee  Once they send their investigative package to the Department of Justice, it would go through another stringent review and if the Department of Justice supported the extradition process, they would acquire a provisional arrest warrant. We would then be in a position to arrest the

Public Safety committee  As a general proposition, the INTERPOL machination would involve country-to-country co-operation through INTERPOL. That said, over the last number of years, INTERPOL has maintained databases on suspected terrorists and other types of offences. In terms of our engagement with INTE

Public Safety committee  It does.

Public Safety committee  They could go through INTERPOL. They could go bilaterally—directly to the country for action—as well. They don't have to use INTERPOL if they don't want to.

Public Safety committee  An MLAT would be for acquiring the evidence. In terms of conducting an investigation, they can just make the request. If we are supportive of the investigation and it's commensurate with our legal framework, we may entertain an investigation. We may not.

Public Safety committee  I wouldn't say there's a typical crime, outside of national security being removed from the equation, generally speaking. That's not to say other countries don't use INTERPOL for national security inquiries into Canada. They do regularly, in which case INTERPOL will generally mov

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  INTERPOL does not have a law enforcement arm.

Public Safety committee  RCMP manages the national central bureau, which obviously my partner from the OPP is engaged in. However, the INTERPOL Ottawa office engages with all police forces and other government departments within Canada to share information and to avail themselves of assistance if the oth

Public Safety committee  If INTERPOL advises us that there's a red notice, for instance, that indicates that a foreign country would be willing to arrest that person if they were in their country, that's not to say we will use that same standard. We will not use that standard.

Public Safety committee  As a general proposition, and I think I touched on it earlier, I apologize if I wasn't clear enough then.

Public Safety committee  That's fair enough. If a foreign country were to enter a red notice, arguably they say they're willing to arrest this person if they were here, but they believe they're in Canada. That is not enough for us to arrest them. We would receive their request. It has already gone throu

Public Safety committee  It's not just with INTERPOL, although INTERPOL is obviously a part of the process in terms of information exchange. With respect to the ministerial directive on exchanging information with foreign countries that have potentially questionable human rights, we have a process called

Public Safety committee  I think that's a fair question, and I think it exemplifies the fact that there are a number of ways to share information with foreign entities. One would be through INTERPOL. Often the INTERPOL channel is used when we are dealing with countries with which we may not have that typ

Public Safety committee  The office of legal affairs at INTERPOL is obviously at headquarters. Full-time INTERPOL employees conduct the vetting, based on the INTERPOL screening process.