Ms. Gallant, you will recall that this consultation took place at a time before the election last year. As I understand the results of the consultation among the membership, the majority preferred a single national bargaining unit for RCMP members and reservists and the requirement that the employee organization have as its primary mandate the representation of RCMP members and not be affiliated with a bargaining agent or an association whose primary mandate is not the representation of police officers.
In other words, the members wanted to have a collective bargaining agent that truly represents the nature of the work they do and the culture of the policing environment within which they have to work. We are doing our very best to respect that consultation.