I would tend to agree with that, sir.
The RCMP made a conscious decision to abolish the proceeds of crime unit in 2013, as well as the commercial crime unit and the drug squad—a number of commodity-based units that had been around for many years—in favour of a new organized crime model. No sooner was that established than they also had to deal with the terrorism issue. On top of that, there's the issue of resourcing, of federal resources. That's more pronounced in the eight contract provinces, as opposed to Ontario and Quebec, where the RCMP are simply the federal police. I think these various factors contributed.
The RCMP, as I understand it now, has been given additional money in recent budgets to start the program up again. They're essentially redeveloping their financial crime program. There's no question that there was a gap. I've spoken about that numerous times. I've also mentioned it in “Dirty Money - Part Two”, and it has been a matter of public discussion.