Thank you.
Commissioner, leadership is linked with management structure, and you yourself have made some significant changes in personnel and reporting responsibilities. Last week, you made some proposals to alter the way that upper-level RCMP management is structured, and I want to explore that with you for a minute.
You proposed--and I'm going to quote you, if this is accurate--“to modernize the force and to change how it is that we are structured, to be more independent with respect to the administration of the force from government...”. Since you clearly propose to put a buffer between you and government, can you tell us what problems or issues you may have experienced in dealing with government that may have caused you to suggest that change?