Thank you very much for that. I notice that our other witness, Ms. Audette, was nodding her head in agreement with your statements. I too would agree with them, given my background in policing.
We're talking here about this issue with the RCMP and the management of the RCMP. They're centralized. They have top-down decision-making processes. Most decisions happen here in Ottawa. They're not local in the community. They move around often.
I would like both of you to answer this. Do you think that the reality of where we're at with the current structure of the RCMP contributes to and facilitates some of the racist outcomes that we have in those policing communities?