Thank you so much, Chair.
I would first like to thank you, Justice Bastarache, for being here to answer our questions today. Thank you also for the incredibly important work that you continue to do and did in this report.
Earlier you said that recruiting good people is one of the best recommendations you made. You also said that the RCMP has good people with good values who are forced to change in order to advance their careers. Some good people are forced to change as a result of certain others who occupy leadership roles.
As we know, the culture in any institution, in any organization, is created at the top by leaders of the organization or of the institution. If the leaders had zero tolerance for these types of behaviours and attitudes, then the consequences for this would be much greater, and it would happen less often.
What kinds of recommendations would you give specifically with regard to the comments I just made—if the leadership is what really needs to change?
My next question will be on training, but I'll get to that afterwards.