In terms of the challenges, I think it's probably more of a social issue, namely, how communities and individuals approach the issue of violence against women. The RCMP, Public Safety, and as my colleague has mentioned, numerous departments within the federal government, work very hard to raise awareness, to get people to report, to get people who are being victimized, bullied, or trafficked to report and not to be bystanders. That takes courage in some cases. I always use the example that by the time the police get called it's never a good story. Anything and everything we can do at the front end....
As an example, I was speaking to the commanding officer in Nunavut this morning, and we were talking about suicide intervention, which is very topical these days. “What are we doing and how can I work with Public Safety or Health Canada?” Those are the conversations that are happening, certainly here in Ottawa at the federal level, but also with our provinces and territories and our front-line people, to address the challenge that's going on right now in the streets of Iqaluit, for instance.
It's the same with La Loche. When the shootings in La Loche happened, there were so many services from the provincial government, the federal government, the RCMP, and teachers in the community. The community came together to deal with a very serious situation, a tragedy, indeed a crime. But when you look at the root cause of that crime, it's an issue that's much bigger than policing.