Good morning. I want to echo my colleagues' comments and thank the RCMP for all the good work the officers do.
I'm going to roll back to the Moncton shooting. I think what's disconcerting to some Canadians is that, in a report on that, it was determined that the RCMP had failed to provide adequate equipment and training to the Mounties who responded to the Moncton shootings in 2014. There was a judge, Leslie Jackson, who actually applied a $550,000 penalty to the RCMP, which was allocated to various community initiatives, educational trust funds and the children of the Mounties who were killed. According to Judge Jackson, the sentence should tell future leadership of the RCMP that the duty to ensure member safety should be given the highest priority.
Based on the findings of the Auditor General's report being discussed today, do you believe that the leadership of the RCMP has adequately ensured the safety of RCMP members since that sentence was applied? Has the leadership given this the highest priority? We're looking back at 2014, and now we're in 2019, still dealing with this problem. I recognize you have started a couple of committees. Who exactly do those committees report to?