These are very important points that are being made, and I urge the committee to consider them in all seriousness in terms of, across the board, how this impacts this decision around this bill and other areas that address this issue.
Picking up on some of the other presenters, I think that training is crucial. It does need to be intersectional, it needs to be done at all levels, and it needs to be done more than once a year or as continuing education. It needs to be done throughout so that a full spectrum of issues are being addressed, as well as the ways in which training is delivered. Again, it's crucial that experts from the community, from the areas of focus of that training, are involved.
I agree with others that there does need to be compensation, because most of us are doing this work as part of our mandate so there's funding in that sense, but when you're talking about this kind of specialized training that is ongoing, that is multi-faceted, and that is looking not only at first response and direct service delivery, but is also looking at best practices, legislative change. All of that does take time, energy, resources, and specialized knowledge. That needs to be recognized. This training definitely needs to be done in collaboration.