Thank you.
Going to the dollar aspect, the more I'm around this place, the more I see that it's obvious there's never enough. But there are some areas where you do have to expend resources and you do have to increase them, if necessary. I was very interested during your response to a previous question that you said sometimes it's about managing the resources that you have a little bit better. That being said, of course, the realities of the Canadian Constitution, the reality of this country the way it is, is that some people don't necessarily want to share things. They want control. So that leads me to think, what are some of the success stories? What would you say with regard to the idea that the RCMP have controls, but they also have some cost limitations?
Much of what you said, by the way, is alluded to in Mr. Brown's report concerning the RCMP, and I think you probably have read that by now. Because they're moving resources around, there's understaffing, etc.
So what I'd like to suggest and get your comments on is something like agriculture, let's say the provinces kick in 40% and the federal government 60% into a program that's run by an independent body in which there is both provincial and federal input and that each police force could have a member appointed to it, but it isn't really a police function.
Quite frankly, it appears to me--having a background in policing--that we begin to put so much responsibility on police forces that their core police functions begin to take a hit. I think this program might be one of the ways we could begin to shift those over to, say, the Department of Justice.
Could I have your response to my suggestions?