Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Justice Bastarache, for joining us today. We really do appreciate it. Thank you for your report.
I agree with my colleagues who spoke earlier that it was a very difficult report to read. As I read the stories of some of the women, some of the complainants, I grieved with them. It must have been difficult for you to hear those stories as well.
I can tell you that as a proud Canadian, I was also personally offended, because I've always been proud of the RCMP. When I was a young lad, my parents, just immigrants from Europe, raised us to be proud Canadians. They would take us to see the musical ride of the RCMP. It always gave us a sense of pride.
Has that pride been misplaced? Can the RCMP even be fixed?