Justice committee  That's correct. That would be a violation of our policy, but not a violation of the law. We appeared in court before, on one occasion that I recall, because there had been a violation of policy but not a violation of the law, and that did not cause us a problem. Again, the policy

Justice committee  The first one that comes to mind is the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. In fact, that's the very act that was put in place after the Campbell and Shirose decision. It allows us to traffic in drugs, to import drugs, to export drugs, and so on. The CDSA is excluded from the la

Justice committee  The Proceeds of Crime Act, for example; exemption from liability for the arrest of the wrong person; arrest for breach of the peace; use of force to suppress a riot; possession of automobile master key; possession of property obtained by crime; money laundering; proceeds of crime

Justice committee  Yes, it is, Mr. Chair. If we get into sensitive territory, given that the testimony here will be made public, I would prefer to either refrain from answering it or go in camera.

Justice committee  I'm very pleased with the legislation. I think it has controls on it that I believe need to be in place. From an RCMP perspective, we've even tightened our policies to a greater extent than the legislation sets out. We've reduced and kept the number of senior officials to three,

Justice committee  If there's an urgent matter, as a senior official, I can designate him for 48 hours, but even so, I have not had to use this provision to any extent. We like our operations to be planned well in advance in order to have good control of them. But to answer your question, we've had

Justice committee  I will be presenting. Thank you very much. Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to be here with you this afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is Raf Souccar. I am the assistant commissioner in charge of federal and international operations for the Royal Canadian Mounted Poli