I'd just like to comment that, when you look at the reporting rate by victims to the police, 40% of victims in Quebec report to police, compared to 30% in Ontario. This is, in my view, the direct result of the Quebec government's deciding to use public servants to deliver victim services in the mid-1980s. They basically covered the whole province with professional services for victims. It's not quite as perfect as I would like, but it's going in the right direction.
Quebec also pays considerably more in compensation than, for instance, Ontario, where a recent report called the compensation program “adding insult to injury”.
It is important that we do actually get better services, that these are funded appropriately, and that the people working in those services are paid appropriately. In terms of prevention, this committee has heard me before, but I will repeat some of the highlights.