I ask that because I asked it in another meeting, and I am aware of high rates of domestic violence that are perpetrated by police officers who would then be tasked with the responsibility to press charges, but they're also perpetrators of violence. That's a bit of a conflict of interest, in my opinion.
You were talking about investing instead—and we heard this in former testimony—in supports outside of the current system. In my riding, where we have a crisis of gender-based violence, the ground zero for MMIWG, Winnipeg has never had more money invested in policing, and I've never seen in our community the rate of violence increase to the level that it has. At the same time, we've seen decreases in supports.
One thing I've put forward in a bill is to put in place a guaranteed livable basic income, in addition to current and special supports, meant to meet specific and special needs. Would that help with dealing with the frontline crisis of gender-based violence, particularly for individuals trying to flee coercive control? It's a yes or no, because I'm going to ask all of the—