Public Accounts committee  No, I was not aware of the details, but I was informed a couple of days before that she would be tabling her report.

Public Accounts committee  I believe it was the Auditor General who requested a meeting with me to talk about ongoing audits, but also to inform me of the tabling of the report.

Public Accounts committee  I wouldn't be able to answer that, and again, I go back to what I referred to earlier. We want to make sure that every piece of information that we obtain is obtained in a legal fashion so that we can incorporate it into an investigation. If it leads to charges, it could be used in a judicial procedure.

Public Accounts committee  Again, it goes to what I said earlier. That's provided we use the right format to obtain the information, such as going before the courts to have the government departments release the information, so that the information could be used in a judicial proceeding.

Public Accounts committee  I am not aware of the oversight practices that exist in the private sector, nor am I aware of all the oversight practices that exist in the government departments, so I would not be at liberty to respond.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  I'm not familiar with it. I don't remember reading it, but I don't discount it. If you're saying that it's in there, I'll take your word for it.

Public Accounts committee  It has been a while, and there's a lot of information in the report that came out.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I did not say that I did not consider this a crisis. The question that was asked of me was if I remembered the line that the committee member read. I, of all people, understand the crisis that was brought to us. The RCMP has a unit that looked at all the recommendations.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I wish to remind the committee member that there's also a criminal investigation that's taking place. What he's referring to right now is the internal process that the organization has when it comes to code of conduct investigations.

Public Accounts committee  Justice will be served through the criminal courts.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I can confirm with you that the entire organization is aware and is doing all it can to rebuild the trust and work with the communities across this country to rebuild that trust and to assist the communities when we can.

Public Accounts committee  There are different ways that information can be provided to the RCMP. There are some 1-800 tip lines when it comes to the national security side. It can be reported online in certain areas as well. There are other ways to report with regard to remaining anonymous.

Public Accounts committee  We're looking for any information that would help us. As previously mentioned regarding the Criminal Code offence, there are certain elements to a Criminal Code offence. Once we start getting a picture of what the offence could be, we look for any information that can assist us and support us in the elements of a criminal offence so that we can lay the appropriate charges.

Public Accounts committee  Not really. I'll just reinforce the fact that I have full confidence in the professionals we have in this organization who are leading this investigation. As I committed earlier, at the end of the investigation, if multiple files are not interconnected, we will release the information and inform the Canadian public of the work we've done.