Thank you. I'll be as quick as I can.
I want to echo what others have said, which is that I think this is a very important study and I'm happy for our committee to undertake it, but I am concerned about the timing for all the reasons that others have stated. We have so many projects on the go right now. A number of them are almost at the finish line. Let's push them over the finish line before we take on another project.
That said, I also want to echo what Glen said about gang violence. He cited some statistics out of Toronto. You know, that's hitting pretty close to home. There have been two shootings in my hometown of Langley just in the last little while, gang-related, gangland-style killings in broad daylight in shopping malls. There was another one in Delta, close by, of a police officer. This is a real and present danger, and Canadians are very concerned.
I've told many people I've spoken to that the public safety committee is going to be studying gang violence very soon and—