Public Safety committee  Absolutely, and that was my initial point. We're more than willing to look into any situation that could cause a security concern; what we have to do, though, is not simply accept it, but verify its accuracy, reliability, and validity, and deal with it from that point on.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I think the answer is pretty well yes to all. We all have a responsibility for public safety, public security, and it could come to our attention in a number of ways. It could come to our attention through a media article that could be completely false and we could check it out and discount it.

Public Safety committee  As a background investigation unfolds and you scratch and something comes up, you may decide to look a little deeper and interview a second or third person until the person conducting the interview is satisfied that he or she has canvassed all possibilities. The “may” may also depend on this.

Public Safety committee  I'm not aware of that. You'd have to ask either PCO or the Department of Public Safety.

Public Safety committee  This is a matter of government machinery, government policy. It is something that PCO might be better able to answer. All of you might have a say in whether this is something you would want to expose yourself to.

Public Safety committee  I don't think it would be appropriate for me to give an opinion. Every process can be improved, and improving on a process would have to balance confidentiality, security, public policy, public machinery, and so on.

Public Safety committee  Yes, absolutely.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  Let me tell you this, Monsieur Ménard. We are alive to what organized crime does. We're alive to what terrorist organizations may do. Organized crime and terrorism has been a priority for the RCMP for a number of years. We would look at every case with that in mind and we would use whatever resources are available to us in order to be able to determine whether or not there is a threat either to the government or to individuals.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  It would not be appropriate for me to speak about this specific case, as it would put the integrity of any action that we take in jeopardy.

Public Safety committee  Once again, you're specifically asking us with respect to our role on a very specific matter. What I'm suggesting to you, Mr. Dosanjh, is that whether or not we've had any role to date would be inappropriate for me to comment on, as it may affect the integrity of what it is that we may have or will be doing.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.