Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon.
Thank you for the invitation to share with you some of the efforts of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, or SPVM, has made to fight against gun violence.
The city of Montreal is one of Canada's large urban centres. It's often compared to other major North American cities such as Toronto.
In recent years, violent events involving firearms have tended to be on the rise, particularly so over the past year.
In Montreal, the number of events involving the discharge of a firearm has increased from 89 in 2020 to—