I know many communities have different approaches to try to deal with crime and justice issues. In Winnipeg, the civic government has set up a program called LiveSAFE, which I think would be very similar.
We know that Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, has pioneered in Canada what we think is the cutting-edge approach to dealing with violence. It's actually based on the Glasgow violence reduction initiative, which has won awards across the world for what it does. It really gets at assisting the police. In Winnipeg at three in the morning on a Saturday, the police are not just the police. They're also mental health workers. They're counsellors, and in many cases they're also providing first aid. The police are the thin edge of the wedge. In Prince Albert the police have really been incorporated into a broader community initiative to deal with violence reduction, but that project has also produced improvements in a number of different outcomes, for example, fewer referrals to child and family services, better school attendance, and fewer visits to health services.
I think there is an understanding that we have to do a better job of supporting our police, and we do that by getting all of the other people in our communities, who understand the needs, aligned with the police. The Prince Albert model is very exciting. A fellow named Dale McFee, who is the former police chief of Prince Albert, is the champion. The Saskatchewan government has been smart enough to grab him. He's now, I believe, the deputy minister to Minister Tell, who is the minister responsible for corrections in Saskatchewan. Chief McFee, or now DM McFee, is quite prepared to talk about the experience in Prince Albert, and it is something that I think all Canadians should be looking to.