Our visits to a couple of our allied nations made it clear that our first priority must be the victims, which is what we brought back with us. They also said that we should take our time to do it right. I would venture to say, as a member mentioned a little while ago about the SHARP program, that perhaps it was the right thing at the time, but it didn't have other things around it. It wasn't bred into a sustainable, enduring, focus on this inappropriate behaviour. Their comment was to make sure that what we do today will be there tomorrow and will exist for years to come. We're taking that very much in hand.
As for the comment about helping the victims, that is our number one priority, and the importance of creating a centre where they can go was made clear to us. Now the centre itself, the sexual misconduct response centre, is not at its final operating capability. Based on the calls it's getting, it still needs to do a lot of analysis and research. Should it increase its hours? Should it increase the number of counsellors? Should it actually be satellite units, maybe in other regions across the country? We're still doing that type of work. In the past, the service they're providing now was never available within the Government of Canada, certainly not in the Armed Forces. It has actually been very helpful. We now have people who, besides getting served, are also benefiting from investigations that I would humbly submit would not have happened had we not had the centre. We still have a lot of work to do, but I think it was a good start.