Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
We heard from Shawn Atleo the national chief of the AFN, a fellow British Columbian. When he met with us, he said a couple for things. He said:I want to be very clear with all of you tonight. The families who have lost loved ones—mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends—are not asking for more study to delay moving forward on what we know needs to happen.
He went on to say:I believe we know what the solutions are.
I asked him, and I'll ask you because you alluded to it, in British Columbia millions of dollars were spent. There were very high hopes for the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry regarding missing women on the downtown eastside. From my perspective as someone who lives there, it completely fell apart. The law enforcement, victims' families, the legal community, no one was satisfied with it. It was demanded. It was set-up. It was proceeded with. They went through with it, and at the end of the day no one was happier as a result.
I know it's not quite the same, but given that experience in British Columbia, what do you think went wrong there, and why would a national experience be any better?