Well, I wouldn't say that change was not taking place in the RCMP. Change was taking place in the RCMP, and in fact many of Mr. Brown's 49 recommendations have been dealt with. The issue was the speed at which change was taking place.
There was a bit of resistance to taking risks--a little bit of a risk-averse nature of Mr. Elliott--and to move forward with changes, but change was taking place and has been taking place over the last three years. But it was not moving as fast as we wanted it to move.
Regionalization was an issue that was on the table from day one. I know that Bill Sweeney, prior to retirement, along with a consultant from outside the organization—an ex-member, in fact—had worked out a model of regionalization and how to deal with it. It would have been great to have Bill Sweeney around, given that he was the one who was spearheading this, to meet with and discuss the future in terms of our regions. Unfortunately, the meetings never took place. I met with Bill Sweeney, saying that “it would be great for us to be discussing this while you're still in the force”. It never took place and he ended up retiring.