Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and through you to the witnesses, thank you for appearing.
Because Mr. Stamatakis and I have a similar background, I'll start with him; you always go with the most familiar people.
Having been a police officer and having faced some of the issues you face on a daily basis, and having had an active part in the bargaining unit in this area of eastern Ontario, I understand the pressures you're under from your membership.
One of the things I've mentioned to some of my Ontario Provincial Police friends and family is my fear that policemen are going to bargain their way out of a job. We've just heard witnesses say that perhaps policemen don't need to direct traffic, or perhaps they don't need to run a radar set because we know there is technology out there that can gauge speed. All I see is the number of well-trained police officers becoming a very special unit, and then a whole bunch of others. I see danger there. I see huge dangers there.
I have a question. Our government is trying to find efficiencies government-wide. We're going to be able to find efficiencies of about $4 billion by the time we hit 2014-2015. Are you able to speak to how you will be reducing spending or assisting the jurisdictions that your police departments are in? Are you working with the police services boards and the chiefs of police and looking for cost savings, or is your message to us that it's their job and your job is to bargain the best deal you can for your members?