Public Safety committee  I'll try to answer both of those together. I want to acknowledge your point. Gun crime in this country is extremely complex, as is finding ways to address it. There's not one simple method, one simple program, that is going to address gun crime completely. There's a comprehensive approach that we are putting in place—dealing with communities directly through investments and the building safer communities funds, and investment and supports to the RCMP and the CBSA—to be able to address some of those challenges.

Public Safety committee  First of all, at Public Safety we certainly are framing it as a firearm compensation program. As you pointed out, it's an extremely complex program to deliver. Some of the data has indeed been difficult to obtain. We're working as closely as we can with business and industry that have access to the best possible data.

Public Safety committee  I thank the member for her question, Mr. Chair. I will say a couple of things first. I want to comment on what an extremely difficult last season it was for forest fires in this country. We're anticipating another season ahead of us that's going to be quite stressful for the country.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. I have worked in the national security community for some time, and I can tell you that one of the most important drivers is for us to make sure that the people who are providing us with that intelligence—and people are sometimes putting their lives at great risk to provide that intelligence....

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I would underline that it is the department's and the agency's responsibility to be able to access those networks to be able to provide information. In fact, as a deputy minister, I don't have access to those terminals either. We rely on our staff to ensure that we're provided with intelligence in a timely fashion.