Public Safety committee  What if the cross-border operations included not just the RCMP, but the RCMP with the CBSA?

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. Judge O'Connor recommended that the new body have the same powers. I know that former chairs of the CPC, like Shirley Heafey, finally quit. She was frustrated because she couldn't get the information to do her job. Other chairs of the CPC have had the same problem. T

Public Safety committee  I found them rather amusing. It would seem to me that if an investigation has to take place and it's important, you get the resources. You don't decide you won't have the investigation. You make sure you have it. I haven't got the exact figures, but millions of dollars were spe

Public Safety committee  No, I don't think it is sufficient. I didn't have time to deal with that in my opening remarks, but I read through the whole bill, which was a task in itself. No, I think it says that the report should go to the RCMP, to the complainant, and to the agency that does the oversigh

Public Safety committee  Part VII.2 attempts to deal with that. I only had a short while to deal with this very complicated bill. I read through this part several times. I was trying to find out exactly what you're asking me, and I couldn't really find out from reading these sections. The bill amends, as

Public Safety committee  I'm following.

Public Safety committee  I don't think this has been fully understood. When the RCMP acts in joint operations, such as the INSETs, with other security and intelligence groups, when they act jointly like that, and there's negligence and somebody is hurt, as Mr. Arar was hurt, to the extent that he was tor

Public Safety committee  If I may be clear, most of the INSETs—

Public Safety committee  Not just with provincial organizations. Most of the INSETs—

Public Safety committee  Okay.

Public Safety committee  No, it doesn't. There are two parts to the bill. I referred to them. Proposed section 45.75 talks about joint reviews with other oversight bodies.

Public Safety committee  It says within and outside of Canada. Then there is part VII.2, which refers to cross-border law enforcement operations. In other words, it refers to oversight. There seems to be some lack of clarity.

Public Safety committee  My main point has to do with joint operations. We know now that there are joint operations between the RCMP and CBSA. All I want is clarification. I'm pleased that you provided for joint reviews, but it's not clear that it covers the territory.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am here today on behalf of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, which is a pan-Canadian coalition of civil society organizations that was established in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This c

Public Safety committee  Unfortunately, the clerk took my remarks to have them photocopied and he didn't bring them back yet.