Public Safety committee  The check is conducted on the individual only. If, in the process of conducting the check on that individual, an association comes up that is criminal in nature or that causes us concern, but it would come out as a result of the check on the individual, we would not do a separate

Public Safety committee  Unfortunately, as you know, Mr. Ménard, I cannot give complete answers.

Public Safety committee  That's precisely the case, Mr. Ménard.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Ménard...

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, once again, I never said that we were investigating or we were not investigating.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question, Ms. Jennings. With all due respect...

Public Safety committee  You're again drawing conclusions based on information that you have read in the papers, that you have obtained in the public domain, and are not armed with all of the necessary information. Again it's hypothetical, and I understand the conclusions that you are drawn towards concl

Public Safety committee  We come into contact with more than 10,000 people a day.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I did not at any time say that we are either investigating or not investigating. There are other reasons also why we would not want to be specific about either Mr. Bernier or Madame Couillard. There are privacy-related issues. There are conclusions that get drawn fr

Public Safety committee  No, I think Madame Jennings gave my answer. Thank you.

Public Safety committee  I didn't know the last time that the PCO was going to go public with its statement.

Public Safety committee  Nothing comes to mind. I may have greater knowledge about the facts surrounding the matter that we're here to testify about, which I'm not, unfortunately, at liberty—I understand your frustration—to talk about.

Public Safety committee  But I may have greater knowledge today than I did last week.

Public Safety committee  Discussion with colleagues, perhaps some research that's been done.

Public Safety committee  Now, you see, we're getting into what it is that we may or may not be doing with respect to this matter, and I'm not prepared to do that.