I've been cautioned before to say it's a hell of a place to live, but it's challenging. Conversely, in Victoria, where a lot of those officers decided to remain, it's expensive. We closed Vancouver in 2015. The reason given by the commissioner in 2012 at the SCOFO was that it's hard to retain people in this housing market. Guess what? The housing market is the same in Victoria now as it was in Vancouver in 2012, when the decision was made. Consequently, of the 18 cohorts I worked with in Comox, 12 didn't go, for financial reasons, and we lost about 200 years of experience. Some retired. They were offered benefits under the National Joint Council and availed themselves of them. Some were fortunate enough to be in a position, financially, to retire.
