R.J. Simpson

Thank you. From my experience in working in this system for the last number of years, there's always problems sharing information. It's always difficult to do that, and it always takes effort. And so we are going to -- we are working on how we can enhance our ability to share information between ourselves and our partners, like the RCMP, and that -- you know, they have their own privacy legislation. And so it might require amendments to our legislation. It could just require different interpretation or different agreements to be put together, but it is something that is definitely front of...

Thank you. So from -- by all accounts, the pilot project is going well. I hear good reports on -- you know, anecdotally about what's happening. I'm not sure if the deputy minister has anything to add, but I'd like to hand it to her. Thank you.

Thank you. As of today, I couldn't tell you whether it's fully staffed or not. Throughout the year, the answer could be different that we're down one drafter or we're fully staffed. I'm not sure where we are today; I apologize to the Member. But we can try and find that out before we're done here today if all goes well. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll hand it to Mr. Courtoreille.

Thank you. So, you know, much of what the Member is talking about is what the department of EIA is seized with in terms of looking at the whole system and how a single person might move through it. And so there's individuals who work with the integrated case management unit when they're dealing with multiple different departments, and they try to play a coordinating role there as well.

In communities, there's community justice committees which are often integrated with the community and have relationships with the RCMP, other NGOs. At EIA, we're working on -- working with NGOs to try and get...

Yes, I do.

Thank you. I don't. I never communicate with the folks at OROGO. Perhaps the deputy minister might want to speak to this. Thank you.

Thank you. I'd like to pass that to Mr. Courtoreille witness.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Perhaps I can hand it to deputy minister for some more information on that. Thank you.

Thank you. So that position has been eliminated for the future fiscal years. So there is not a solid plan on who is going to fill that role or how that's going to be filled. That's still in discussion. Perhaps the deputy minister can add some more detail to this issue. Thank you.