Do I have a couple of minutes, or am I done? Really short.
Let me just make a statement, then. I think you do a great job, by the way. I'm very impressed with the work you do, sir.
Let me just say that I agree with you entirely on this. Nobody in this room has more respect for the OPP than I do; I am a former civilian head of the OPP. But it still troubles me that we're in a situation where we call on one group of police officers to investigate another group of police officers. You know, there is that camaraderie. We have trouble separating those things out when we deal with each other as politicians. I think that's just human nature. In Ontario, we have the SIU, an independent body, if a civilian is hurt. I think it serves us very well, and I think it serves police well.
So I do hope there's room for us to look at that too, Chair, because going from the Ottawa Police Service to the OPP, on its surface, really shouldn't be that great a move, because the Ottawa Police Service, I'll say, is as honourable as the OPP when you look at it as a base service. But clearly there was a problem with the one.
What is there to satisfy the public that there won't be the same problem with the OPP? Again, I emphasize that I say this as someone who has the deepest respect for the OPP and the work they do.
Thanks, Chair.