Absolutely. Thank you very much, Commissioner Lucki.
When you're looking at the situation that we're facing.... I come from Oshawa. We're along the 401 corridor, and we have seen an increase in this type of business, which is upsetting to all of us who have been involved in this study. I was wondering if you could provide the committee, first of all, the number of charges that have been laid by the RCMP, but if you could mention how many have been [Technical difficulty—Editor] jurisdiction.
I know the government was having challenges appointing judges for a period of time for federal courts. When the changes were made for human trafficking to be turned into a hybrid offence, it was disappointing to see these indictable offences that originally carried some significant penalties for people in human trafficking to be pushed down to the provincial courts.
Would you be able to tell us off the top of your head how busy the federal courts are right now when they do have to prosecute these types of crimes? Is there a long waiting period between the time charges are laid and the time that victims have to go to court to become revicitimized and testify against the perpetrators?