The federal government could conduct a study on all the costs and requirements imposed on police forces, whether it is the RCMP, the Sûreté du Québec or other provincial or municipal bodies. The idea would be to determine which costs and which requirements they are responsible for, which ones they should really be responsible for and which ones should be paid for by the courts, the defence or civilians.
Criminal record checks—there's no need for civilians to carry out those checks, let alone for a person in uniform to carry out those checks or to file all those records.
I think a fairly comprehensive study on all the costs imposed on our police forces and networks could be carried out. It would give us the basis for a discussion on which duties could be funded in other ways. It could also help free up funds, allowing police forces to spend that money on activities that are, first and foremost, truly policing duties, instead of on administrative tasks and so forth.