Public Safety committee  To respond, it's no less a threat than other topics within this report, but when we look at the report, one focus, the goal, amongst others, was to provide an overall assessment of the terrorist threats to Canada first. We've added in right-wing extremism because it is a threat,

Public Safety committee  Yes, there's absolutely criminal activity, and that would be our focus. When we do our focus on criminal activity, it's conducted by groups or individuals in any category within this report or outside, most definitely. It's no less a threat.

Public Accounts committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for inviting me and my colleague to speak with you today. I am joined here by my colleague, Deputy Commissioner Brian Brennan, who is in charge of our contract and indigenous policing

Public Accounts committee  Certainly. We always work off risk assessment. Risk assessment does not always include the actual safety, but it includes the geography: how many members are at each detachment; did they have access to backup; and how close is backup. If they are at an isolated post and can onl

Public Accounts committee  I don't have the exact numbers with me, but we could provide those, should you wish.

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely.

Public Accounts committee  The risk assessment was done in the initial instance because we could not deploy a carbine for every vehicle. That's when the risk assessment was done. However, now we're in a position where each member, if they are trained, would have access to the carbine, to put that in their

Public Accounts committee  First of all, at the training academy, in terms of the instruction each cadet now receives, we added two weeks to our 24-week induction training. This has been going on for a couple of years. One week is carbine training and the second week is immediate action, rapid deployment t

Public Accounts committee  It's yearly.

Public Accounts committee  Our goal is 100%.

Public Accounts committee  I don't have those numbers with me. For us to actually get to 100% is almost impossible, only because, with transfers, members might be certified in the month of September, because that's when their area does the recertification. In April, they might get transferred and miss wh

Public Accounts committee  Well, we work on our robust training plan to ensure that certifications are done within their year. The same goes for our side-arm training. Our initial commitment, when we first got the carbines, was to ensure that we had, I think, 65% of the membership trained on carbine. We've

Public Accounts committee  First off, safety is of the highest priority for the leadership of the RCMP. We've done many initiatives in the tactical training area with immediate action rapid deployment training. Every member has to recertify on all their intervention options, and we have added to that train

Public Accounts committee  They would report to deputy commissioner Brian Brennan as part of community and indigenous policing. Brian is in charge of the critical incident program, as well as reviewing any type of equipment, looking at new equipment and testing. For example, we're in the midst of evergreen

Public Accounts committee  I haven't received any reports of missing carbines. A lot of the side arms, for example, will go into our armour shop and they'll be accounted for there. They may not be accounted for outside of that environment. I haven't received any reports of a—