Thank you, Mr. Chair, and through you to the witnesses for appearing today.
I read recently in a police magazine—I think it was Blue Line—that with a recently negotiated contract, in Windsor, Ontario a first class constable will be making $90,000 a year next year. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it goes to show that the costs of policing—and this is where my question is leading, which I'll be asking all three witnesses today about—are, based on my old experience, 85% to 90% strictly for pay and benefits. Could you just respond to this as succinctly as possible.
But I'll start my questioning with Mr. McFee and then move on to the deputy chief and the chief superintendent. I was very impressed by some of the statistics you gave us.
You ended your testimony, Mr. McFee, by saying that you have done a cost analysis, which was exactly what my first question was going to be. In other words, judged by your costs before you started the hubs and CORs program, have you put a dollar value on the savings this new program has provided?