I will say that the federal government responded better to our femicide inquest than the provincial government. The folks at this table were more open to those recommendations than my premier was. There is some room for joy, frankly.
However, yes, it's a problem. That man first committed domestic violence in 1985, the year I was born. Thirty years later, he killed three women. Nobody in the community was surprised. The police themselves knew he was a risk to the community.
I want to address something, because I too sat there and thought, “What a monster.” I want to give a shout-out to Malcolm, who is the son of one of the murdered women. He was part of the inquest, and he was very clear in saying, “That was somebody's son. He was a human being. He was allowed to be that way.” We can absolutely have a conversation around the psychology of people who commit those crimes, but he was a human being who was clearly set down the wrong path. No one corrected his behaviour for 30 years. That scares me.