Thank you very much to all of the witnesses for coming from across the country to speak to us tonight.
I do want to register that we find it passing strange here that the RCMP contribution here tonight hasn't been entirely focused on missing and murdered aboriginal women. We certainly appreciate hearing about the anti-drug strategy, but our interest here is missing and murdered aboriginal women and the direct issues. I believe we can all safely say, gauging from all of the reports, including most recently the Human Rights Watch report, that the RCMP's actions directly to do with missing and murdered aboriginal women are under question. So we'd certainly appreciate a sustained focus, and if perhaps that decision was made elsewhere—perhaps if the government side suggested witnesses from the RCMP—we find it very problematic that the full scope of this issue is not being presented here in our committee.
Commander Brosseau, certainly in our province, as you know, the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women is extremely serious. I know the RCMP has been involved with Project Devote and a real focus on the local reality of trying to find solutions. I'm wondering if maybe you could briefly speak to the importance of investing resources into the RCMP in local task forces, but also perhaps the importance of cooperating with first nations and Métis people on the ground in our province. Perhaps you could give just a brief answer, so that I can make sure we have time for others as well.