Mr. Garrison, I appreciate your highlighting the commitment of the RCMP to providing public safety across the country. For the benefit of the members of the committee, they cover, geographically, roughly 75% of all the territory in Canada and about 25% or 27% of the population, so it is not an insignificant amount of work.
We're grateful to the RCMP for their dedication on the ground, but it does pose challenges. I would submit to you, in particular in rural areas, where there are large stretches and distances between communities, that it's not easy work, but we endeavour to get them all the resources and tools they need.
Year after year the government makes investments. You've already heard me make reference to the anti-guns and gang violence fund. We also are the primary funder of the RCMP in all those jurisdictions where they are the police of jurisdiction, as opposed to through some of the contractual service agreements that we reach with provinces and territories.