Mr. Chairman, my department and my predecessors have been cultivating what is quite a good working relationship with the senior management of the RCMP, and I would simply say to the Member that if a situation like that is drawn to my attention as Minister of Justice and as someone who, with the support of the Legislature, is paying a sizeable part of the bill for RCMP operations, we certainly can and do demand accountability for situations of the kind the Member refers to. So one alternative is to approach myself and have the matter dealt with at the senior level.
There are also procedures for dealing with complaints against the RCMP that individual citizens can take. A letter of complaint about the conduct of a particular Member regarding a particular incident can trigger an internal investigation, and of course there are some complaints that can lead to a fullblown review, such as the one that is going on in lqaluit at this very moment, in special circumstances.
But I would suggest to MLAs that it is my responsibility to deal with complaints of that kind, and we have a relationship where we can take them to the RCMP at the highest level and have them dealt with and get back to the Member on a case-by-case basis.