If I may, I was remiss in not thanking the committee in my first response for the opportunity to be here this afternoon. I appreciate the opportunity to clear up some of these questions.
The glow sticks weren't used, actually, by the police. They were used by the Canadian Forces. They have a specific operational purpose. I checked with my colleagues at the Canadian Forces before I came in to ask if it was appropriate to speak about it. It's a very simple answer. They have about an eight-hour shelf life, so you have to replace them three times a day. They use them for marking equipment at night. They are for dangerous areas you are travelling through or if you are doing foot patrols at night and there is a hole or something you have to be conscious of. It is really for the safety of the Canadian Forces members. That's what they were for. They were for marking equipment, such as generators and any kind of outfit we had set up in a wooded area. As you know, the majority of the work of the Canadian Forces was done in heavily wooded areas in the Huntsville area.
The RCMP itself only purchased $350 worth of glow sticks, and that was for an operational requirement that I really can't discuss.