I think it starts with the leadership. One thing this government can do is provide that leadership.
One of the benefits of my particular role is that I get to meet with municipalities—large, small, and anywhere in Canada, whether it's the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, the Union of BC Municipalities, Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador, or reeves, mayors and elected officials from all communities, large and small. They've all been talking about this. In fact, we were part of a panel at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities earlier this year, with Chief Nishan from Peel and one of our superintendents of major crime in northern Saskatchewan talking about bail reform.
You have willing partners. I will tell you that. You have willing mayors. You have willing provincial leaders who want to get this right. Somebody has to pick up the ball and start running with it. That comes from here.
As we mentioned in our opening remarks, this is a shared responsibility. You can change as many laws as you want, but if there are not enough places to put someone in jail before trial, what's the judge going to do? Are they going to double bunk?
If we don't have enough corrections officers to actually patrol those jails.... Keep in mind that police services are recruiting heavily across Canada right now. Corrections, which is a provincial responsibility, is a challenging job. Perhaps it doesn't come with the commensurate compensation package that policing does. I think they're having challenges recruiting enough corrections officers.
All of those resources need to be in place. Someone has to take the ball and lead with it. You'll be able to pull your provinces and your municipalities along with you.