Yes, I would. I can only speak for the Province of Ontario and state that the OPP has a reporting relationship to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services on a regular basis. However, there was no decision-making process in there at all as far as policing operations were concerned. It was a matter of our daily business reporting relationships and our financial relationships through the Ontario Ministry of Finance and the provincial treasury board.
On October 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.