I would like to highlight the fact that the RCMP has three key programs, which are contract policing—that is frontline policing, as most of you know—the federal policing mandate and special police services.
I would say that the focus over the last 30 years has always been on the contract side. Any time there were budget cuts with regard to the RCMP, the government would get 100% of the dollars by cutting into the federal side of things, not just investigations, but the infrastructure support side. I have committed to, with the new investment of $1.8 million, 1,000 new resources, and 750 of those are regular members. I have committed to a three-year plan to make sure that we bring 750 police officers into the federal policing program.
