Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Plecas, I would like to continue with you.
According to the way it's been described, how did we get to the point where a law and order organization like the RCMP is believed to be minimizing infractions of the integrity code, for example, turning the other way, or simply not being as strict as one would expect a police force to be? How did it get to this point? It is counterintuitive, as you said.
Is it that the internal disciplinary system got so bureaucratic that people would just resolve them? Perhaps they resolved them with a slap on the hand and they were not being as strict as they could be in order to stay away from the labyrinth of the disciplinary process and its appeal mechanisms.
Is that what happened? Did the internal disciplinary system become too bureaucratic and that led to things getting a little lax, or is there something else that's going on? Does it have to do with cronyism?
There has to be a structural explanation somewhere. As you said, we all know the people who go through the RCMP are the best. They meet high standards. They're well trained. They go in with high ideals and so on.
What explains the fact that the culture needs to be changed?