You bring up an interesting point, especially in comparing it to the private sector. The private sector puts security as number one. We don't put that security in the public sector, and far from it in health care. If you look at just Ontario, you'll see that in the recent study on benefits to Ontario health care workers due to violence, close to $5 million was paid out in the last year, so it is associated with dollars.
On your comments in regard to a police officer, that's a symbol. We've seen two positive cases in Ontario at the Michael Garron Hospital and right here in the Ottawa region at the Ottawa Hospital after major violent incidents happened. It's all about training in-house security. It's about having more than one. You don't need a gun, but you need a baton.
I asked my security expert what I needed to recognize the right security guard: is it the lines on their uniform? No. If they have a baton, that means they have a higher level of security training and they're good. You have to work with them. It's about making sure that there are well-trained, supportive security staff everywhere. The Michael Garron Hospital, for example, increased this when they started putting security as number one. Throughout the hospital, they had had 29 cameras. They increased that to 350 cameras. You can see every corner of that hospital. In Nova Scotia, in Bill Casey's area, there was a severe incident in the premier's riding, and I guarantee you that violence became a number one issue.
We can have that in all your ridings. We have to talk about health and safety through training proper security and working with the care team, and the care team is everyone—from physicians to personal care.