Public Safety committee  I'll reiterate that they do it very well, and it's been well documented that they do it extremely well. However, yes, there is an impact on morale, and obviously it's an added burden to what they're already doing.

Public Safety committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and thank you for having us. My name is Brian Sauvé. I'm the president of the National Police Federation, the certified bargaining agent for members of the RCMP. Civilian oversight of law enforcement is essential for ensuring public trust and confidenc

Public Safety committee  I think anything we can do in Canada to address intimate partner violence and the threats thereof is a good thing. As for challenges that we've identified, as I mentioned, I don't think Bill C-21 goes far enough, and I don't think we're looking at the downstream activities of it.

Public Safety committee  Obviously that's a good question. I think it's a discussion point that this legislation overlooks. We have said on a number of occasions that police services in Canada, including the RCMP, are operating at minimal levels already. We're having challenges recruiting, we're having

Public Safety committee  I'm not a gun guy. You would have to speak to an expert on that who analyzes gun crime in Canada. It's not really for me to answer.

Public Safety committee  It's going to place a greater responsibility on the RCMP to expand their training capacity, and ultimately that's going to put us in the position of asking the RCMP to have government-approved or RCMP-approved training facilities across Canada. There is that component to it versu

Public Safety committee  Yes, police are responding, and they do take firearm calls very seriously. However, from our membership's perspective, anything that can be done to improve the safety of victims of crime is a good thing. Now, is using a red flag, yellow flag and green flag the right system? I do

Public Safety committee  I can. I will start by sitting back and saying that every police officer across Canada, especially the membership of the RCMP, is fairly non-partisan. They will uphold and enforce the laws that are enacted by the legislature and interpreted by the Supreme Court of Canada. In this

Public Safety committee  I would suspect they will. You are adding a job to police officers across Canada.

Public Safety committee  Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to appear today. My name is Brian Sauvé and I'm the president of the National Police Federation, the certified bargaining agent representing close to 20,000 members of the RCMP across Canada. Firearms violence is a complex issue that requ

Justice committee  Bluntly put, it's lack of resources applied to this problem. I mean, we share the longest undefended border in the world with the largest manufacturer of small arms. If we're going to take gun safety and gun trafficking seriously, we need to look at how we're resourcing that part

Justice committee  I think from a global perspective we have to look at where Canada's justice system is focused. I did mention it in one of my other responses. Canada's justice system is focused on a rehabilitative set-up. It is not based on incarceration. It's based on rehabilitation, so if we're

Justice committee  I agree with you. I did spend a lot of time with restorative justice folks in the early years of my career and I support it 100%. I think it's a fantastic program, whether it's a pre-charge diversion program or a post-charge diversion program, or even just restorative justice to

Justice committee  Yes. That's why in the opening remarks we mentioned how in different smaller communities there is sometimes a lack of access to precharged diversionary programs or treatment and diversionary programs. Just in terms of mental health act apprehensions, sometimes for our members tha

Justice committee  The conversation goes even further when we start talking about rehabilitation post-incarceration—whether we are looking at job training or education or vocational training—in terms of how we are funding that to make that person, who has served their sentence, a productive, happy