It's a question I could probably reflect on for some time, Ms. Bennett. You've said a lot, undoubtedly. Perhaps Superintendent Cuillierrier can also provide her thoughts.
Let me, first of all, speak to the Human Rights Watch report. You've read it, and you know what it says. The RCMP did respond and met with the Human Rights Watch authors and discussed some of these horrendous allegations. We asked if we could help get some of these folks to come forward. I don't believe anything like that has happened.
Importantly, this past May, the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, an independent civilian agency, initiated a public interest investigation into policing and alleged policing abuses across northern British Columbia. This was in direct response, I think, to the Human Rights Watch report and the allegations that were made. I think that's exactly what was being called for, and it will be an important process. The RCMP will collaborate and cooperate fully with that investigation. This will be an independent civilian agency, where I hope people will feel enough trust to come forward and talk about some of the things that have happened.
I paused when you asked the question because this is not lost on me. I'm a small-town person, a small-town guy, and many of the communities we police are small towns where my perhaps naive belief is that I'd like to see young people running to the police car when it pulls into the school as opposed to running away from it. That's really what I'd like to see. Will that ever happen? It happens. It happens today in some communities. I'm proud to say that my members feel this sense of belonging. They are coaching hockey teams, soccer teams, Girl Scouts, Cubs, you name it. They are helping to bring healing to many communities across the country.
But this isn't taking place everywhere, and it needs to. Much work remains to be done.