Public Safety committee  I should have advised the committee that all these agreements have a non-disclosure agreement that the agreement should not be made public.

Public Safety committee  Do you mean whether we can tell you how many times we've accepted people from other countries?

Public Safety committee  We should be able to get that information.

Public Safety committee  I'm absolutely, 100% convinced that nobody would have been able to predict what happened in that case, and I would be shocked if any of the committee members come to any other conclusion, once you see the report out of British Columbia. You'll see the history on this person. I th

Public Safety committee  There's a reciprocal agreement in place, I believe. I know for a fact that we have taken people in from other countries. The process for it is quite similar to taking them internally; we do our intake assessment on our side as well. The only exception is that the Minister of Immi

Public Safety committee  Exactly.

Public Safety committee  If the act specifies, at the end of the day, that there'll be civilian oversight, obviously we'll be guided by the act and we'll respond accordingly.

Public Safety committee  I understand exactly why you would want that done, but you're still guided by the act, and the act is pretty clear on that. The act doesn't grant me the authority to say yes, you can have somebody come in and examine our files, because it doesn't allow for that. If that's what t

Public Safety committee  I'm just a bit confused by the question, because in the letter of acknowledgement in paragraph 8 we say: “I've been specifically informed that my assistance to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in this investigation does not at any time exempt me from any criminal and/or legal re

Public Safety committee  I understand your point, and I think it's a good idea to have it in there. It is an oversight, you're right.

Public Safety committee  That's correct, yes.

Public Safety committee  We have a scenario on our source witness protection course that deals with legal advice. But it doesn't specifically direct people or instruct people to go and get legal advice.

Public Safety committee  Currently it is the policy, and it wasn't until I reviewed the minutes of the testimony here that I saw that one of the key questions was concerning legal advice.

Public Safety committee  But I will say I am aware that some protectees do get legal advice, and on occasion we have dealt directly with the lawyer and the protectee when we negotiate an agreement.

Public Safety committee  At the last meeting I committed that we would have in our next annual report a more detailed breakdown of the costs. The costs that are reflected in the annual report only relate to specific activities. I can tell you that for the cost for salaries and operating of the program—an