Just to reinforce—and I'll end here—the chair's message about data and data collection, it's also making sure we interpret it properly. When we see policy, especially for the RCMP.... You have to cut a little slack for some outfits that just don't have the means, but you do, so when we see some of the lack of planning and redundancy in policies like this.... I'm glad to hear that it's being caught, but I'm somewhat troubled that something like that would still be there at this stage and that it took the Auditor General's report to flush it out.
Luckily we have a system that does that, but to reinforce this—and I hope the next Parliament continues to make this a priority—we've been doing this for a number of decades now, collecting information. As Mr. Ferguson used to say, we've become very good at collecting information; we're just not very good at using it. That's why we're continuously pushing on this. It doesn't generate headlines. It's not very sexy politically, but it is the key and cornerstone to proper governance and management.
On balance, again, as a citizen, especially as I take leave of the public stage, I do offer again, as we always do, our thanks for the work of the police officers and everybody in the RCMP.
But this is not a good report, and you can do better. I know that going forward you will do better for Canadians. Hopefully, when there's a follow-up report in a few years, it will look a little better than the one that we're following up from 2005.
Thank you, Commissioner.
Thank you, Auditor General.
Thank you, Chair.