Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
My first questions are for Deputy Chapdelaine.
Thank you so much for your testimony today . Thank you for relaying the importance, as a frontline officer, of incidents that are occurring in the community and for sharing your practical experience and knowledge with us as well. That is very important, because we keep hearing over and over that words are just words and that hateful words are just words.
Can you please tell us a little bit about the impact of these words in the community? Do you believe they embolden and give those who are inciting violence, and those who are capable of physical violence, the ability and licence to go ahead and commit hateful crimes?