Thank you for your question.
The RCMP has a number of strategies involved. A number of years ago, the RCMP instituted what we called a synthetic drug strategy, which focused on prevention, enforcement, and of course education. Also, within the ranks of the RCMP here in Ottawa, as I said in my opening remarks, we have liaison officers and analysts who are posted around the world, to build those relationships we need around the world because, as we shared with the committee, a lot of the fentanyl that we're looking at is coming into the country. So how do we build those relationships with those particular countries to be able to address it at source and prevent some of those products from entering the Canadian market?
Just last week I spoke at a Canada-U.S. border symposium. It was addressed by the administrator of the DEA, Mr. Rosenberg. The issue that he raised as well was the issue of fentanyl and the emergence of W-18 and carfentanil, which they're seeing in the U.S., and the significance that they're placing on the prevention and education efforts within the U.S. to reach the youth at risk. He stated that what he sees as significant is the partnership and the collaboration between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the American authorities in securing our borders as we work along with our border enforcement officers, our CBSA counterparts who are also there.
As I said, through our office with Mr. Chicoine here and our federal coordination centre, we've done a lot of work with our communities. This includes videos and printed products; our front-line officers; adjusted our policies; issuance of naloxone to our front-line officers; and collaboration throughout the spectrum of government departments and consultations to inform, from an enforcement perspective, what the RCMP can bring to the table. As we've heard today from all the counterparts here, it's a collaborative effort among a number of departments.
There's a number of things, from the international to the domestic, to our front-line officers, to being part of the team that's before you here to inform each other to advance a Canadian effort against this crisis.