Thank you for the question.
I want to correct this impression that is being advanced that somehow crime rates are dropping. I think we have to put that into some kind of perspective.
I can deal specifically with gun crime rates that are substantially up in certain areas. If we put it into context and look at generations, for example, what has happened to crime rates in Canada from 1970 to 2004, a generation or more? The overall crime rate in that time period has increased 57%, and violent crime rates have increased 100%. Those are Stats Canada figures.