Public Safety committee  I would like to say to Canadians that they should have every confidence in, not only the RCMP, but the other 193 police agencies across Canada. Each and every day, the police officers of the RCMP are out in the communities 24-7 trying to keep Canadians safe. They're doing every

Public Safety committee  First, the question I got from the minister's office was whether the guns were to be released. The details of what was going to be released to the media in that media event were not discussed at all with Nova Scotia.

Public Safety committee  No, it was actually the idea of the people on the ground.

Public Safety committee  What happened, as I explained before, was that there were multiple types of information. When we could release information, it would be released.

Public Safety committee  No. There was no intention to release the details of that information we got. That was very detailed information. There was no intention to release it. All we were looking at, to be proactive, was the number of weapons and the general types of weapons. That's the information we w

Public Safety committee  It wouldn't,—

Public Safety committee  —and it was released.

Public Safety committee  No, they were released in the Q and A of that media event.

Public Safety committee  Yes, and that's all we were looking for.

Public Safety committee  That's all we were looking for.

Public Safety committee  It was just the general information: the number of weapons and the general type of weapons. With respect to the details you saw in that email, there was no question that the information was not to be released, and there was even a caveat to that effect.

Public Safety committee  Well, there were a few requests that had not been completed, for things such as the chronology. I pride myself on giving the correct information. I pride myself on giving information in a timely manner. If I say to you, Mr. Lloyd, that I'm going to give you information tomorrow b

Public Safety committee  When the minister's office asked if that information was going to be part of the media event, I had no idea. I'm not controlling the media event. I talk to my comms people. My comms people go to the comms people on the ground. They told me, yes, in fact the general details about

Public Safety committee  I wasn't upset—

Public Safety committee  I was frustrated with the information that I wasn't getting as well. That was what the meeting was about. In fact, there were times when the minister didn't get the information, but there were more times that I didn't get the information. The flow of information was not the usua