Thank you very much.
My son is a police officer, and I talk to lots of RCMP. What they tell me they want from Bill C-18 is pension portability. We're looking for more RCMP officers. We want to be able to retain police officers, but we also want to attract experienced police officers from other police forces. There's a real stopgap when pensions can't be transferred over.
I'll give you an example. Clearly, if you came from another profession and you wanted to change to another type of work in the same profession, if any other community.... I think this bill is very fair, because it acknowledges the expertise of police officers who have been brave enough to apply for the RCMP. The RCMP put their lives on the line every single day. They're in the forefront every single day.
That being said, they're looking to this committee to pass Bill C-18 very quickly so we can get more police officers on the streets, and they won't be penalized because they've entered the RCMP. It's plain and simple. The RCMP frustration is when they look at the Hansard and look at the remarks, they wonder, “Isn't this pretty straightforward? We just want to be able to get our pensions going so we can enter the RCMP and continue our careers.”
Does someone want to comment on what I'm saying about that? I'm interested in hearing from Mr. Cape. You said you work with the SRRs.