Thank you for that question. That is one of the challenges we have, particularly in relation to the issue of mental health.
I am extremely proud of my staff. They do a tremendous job every single day in every institution in the communities across the country. But as you have pointed out and as this committee has seen in their travels, there are challenges, and one of them very clearly is locating and being able to recruit the types of professionals we need.
As some members in this committee who have institutions in their ridings know, in the more remote areas it is difficult to find psychologists, to find psychiatric nurses to come and to work in those communities and stay there, partly because there are greater opportunities and better-paying opportunities closer to larger cities. This is a challenge. It's one we're trying to tackle every single day, trying to come up with new strategies, new approaches, but as I've pointed out to this committee and a Senate committee, this is one of my largest challenges in terms of the mental health portfolio.
As I have pointed out before too, one of the things I really do not want to do in running a federal penitentiary service is become the default mental health system for this country. Although I have some legal obligations to meet in terms of the legislation, I don't want to become resourced to the point that I become the default system for all mental health issues.