Quickly, because I know our time is short, I will speak on behalf of the membership within the RCMP.
Unlike Mary, I am on the ground. I have been with the RCMP for a considerable number of decades. As my colleague, brother Kers, very eloquently said, yes, it knows no bounds. Whether you're a regular member facing sexual harassment, a civilian member, or a public service employee—within the RCMP we have the three categories of employees—it knows no bounds.
I could give you example upon example, if we had the time, but I think the key in the RCMP is that the police officers are our protectors. They are our members in society whom we turn to each and every day and ask them to please keep us safe. The last thing we believe as an employee is that they will be the offender. That is the last thing we believe.
They are also in positions of authority. Those are our managers, for the most part, and they are the police officers. They are our police officers over here and our managers over here: we have power of authority, abuse of authority. We have the protectors of society: well, we'll just not worry about whether we have to live up to those expectations.
They as the RCMP should have a very high tolerance for differences. It doesn't matter if it's a difference in your sexual beliefs or your ethnic background, they should have a high tolerance. They don't appear to have that.
For me, as a worker within that workplace representing employees and members of the PSAC, it becomes very difficult, because they police themselves in these situations.