The commissioner of the RCMP, Michael Duheme, appeared at this committee when we were talking about Roxham Road. He painted a picture of a police department that was stretched quite thin.
I asked him at that time, “If Roxham Road weren't a priority, would that be better for the overall [crime rate] in Quebec and in Canada?” His response was, “You'd redistribute the resources within the other units that we have in the province: serious and organized crime, financial crime and national security.”
National security and organized crime mean fighting international cartels, drug traffickers and human trafficking. From your perspective, do you agree with your commissioner that the Prime Minister has hamstrung your ability to fight organized crime and these cartels of human traffickers in Quebec?