Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Could you please repeat the question?

Status of Women committee  On Bill C-77, as it's being implemented, I don't know the status of where it is in implementation, but what I can say is that we've proactively included in our policies, orders and SOPs aspects of the Victims Bill of Rights.

Status of Women committee  We provide them with training on privacy. We consulted the Office of the Privacy Commissioner before undertaking this program. We give them training on the format of our police reports. As part of the review, they have access to the complete police report. We have to train them

Status of Women committee  The Canadian Forces provost marshal produces an annual report that is publicly available. As part of that report, there's an annex that makes public all our investigative statistics for all the offences and the crimes that we investigate.

Status of Women committee  If a complaint or an allegation is referred to the military police and it doesn't meet the threshold, then we're not investigating that offence.

Status of Women committee  I believe that information would be captured in our database.

Status of Women committee  Certainly there's policy around evidence. Yes, our evidence is tracked into our records.

Status of Women committee  That determination would be made at the end of the investigation.

Status of Women committee  The decision to lay charges is made by the CFNIS.

Status of Women committee  The CFNIS is a charge-laying authority.

Status of Women committee  Generally, depending on the outcome of the investigations, some aspects of an investigation will become public. For example, when charges are laid after an investigation, some details become public.

Status of Women committee  CFNIS is an independent charging authority. They do not need to ask permission to do so.

Status of Women committee  As I explained before, regardless of rank or status, it's the same process. We will ensure that there's a full—

Status of Women committee  As I stated before, investigations go through a rigorous vetting process through the supervisory chain. The same process applies to everyone, regardless of rank or status.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. It felt important to have an open and transparent process to come and help us review this. Certainly, they are experts in the field of sexual assault. We wanted to learn where we could improve and get advice from external bodies on how we can better s