Public Safety committee  I could probably speak to that because we've talked about having that partnership. Actually, I've created a lived indigenous advisory group with retired and current members of the RCMP. One of their suggestions was that maybe people could take the course before they come into the

Public Safety committee  I can't emphasize enough the importance of such a review. It's actually we who asked the CRCC to do the review, and not the reverse. It was only because we wanted to be as transparent as we could. The CRCC has done extensive research and a great job on the review. We need to giv

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Since I've been in the chair, we've actually introduced, first and foremost, the “blanket exercise” to cadets at Depot. It gives them the history of indigenous cultures and provides the impacts of their actions so that when they go out in the field, they can know what

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. What I can say is that funding.... We've never been funded fully in our budget to be at 40 troops. It's always been at about 18, so every year we need a top-up to get to 40. Regarding your question on vacancy rates, we have had an unprecedented lower vacancy rate, w

Public Safety committee  The way we process resources is that, absolutely, it's the province that decides how many resources they can afford. It's not Ottawa-centric, by any means. When a province can afford certain amounts of additional resources, it will make that request to Ottawa and we will fill tha

Public Safety committee  They absolutely do.

Public Safety committee  Yes, absolutely.

Public Safety committee  The cadets who go into the training academy are for the contract policing environment. As I said, the cadets will come in. They choose where they want to go. We try to accommodate that. However, as for how many resources we can send back to each province, it is dependent on the

Public Safety committee  Yes. Thank you for the question. Much of the money that we received was not only to train RCMP members, but to train the trainers. We also provide support for all police agencies. It's a very specific type of training for drug recognition experts. To have that training, we try

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, thank you for that question. As part of the strategy, there is approximately $201 million over five years and $43 million per year ongoing to bolster our ability to fight cybercrime. This includes the support of the creation of the RCMP national cybercrime coordinati

Public Safety committee  I can't tell you, sorry. No, I'm just kidding. Of course I can. It's in Ottawa.

Public Safety committee  In our jurisdictions, we have been enforcing all of our injunctions in all of the blockades. I cannot speak specifically to other places of jurisdiction. Currently we have no blockades up in our RCMP jurisdictions. This is having a huge effect not only on the economy and on Canad

Public Safety committee  As police agencies, we never speak about whether or not we are investigating something. It's only after it comes into the public realm of charges that we are able to disclose that information. We never disclose whether or not we are in the midst of an investigation.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that question. In our jurisdiction, we are applying the law. We had an injunction in mid-February for the Morice forestry service road in the Wet'suwet'en territory. We had discussions and eventually we enforced the injunction. For us, the discussions are not abou

Public Safety committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair. We have a specific policy that we have created for indigenous blockades. Of course, enforcement is the last option. It's about dialogue and trying to find a peaceful resolution to the blockades in the circumstances. It's no different from what's happenin