Like I said, when we speak about the more than 170 police agencies that, right now, operate with different factions of hate crimes units, we don't have all of the same sorts of resources and funding available in each small agency.... In Edmonton, we know we have a strong hate crimes unit. However, we also know, from meetings that I and my team sit at across Canada, that, when it comes to these discussions, we see lots of variability around how people treat these and interact with people, and why not having a defined definition—one that actually grounds us about what this is—leads to more of the issues that I'm seeing from my peers presenting here today, regarding that impact on both sides, whether it's the person who's speaking out or the person who's receiving what's being said. I think that, if you have a definition, that grounds us, across Canada, about what this means. It's only going to serve everybody involved much better.
