Thank you, Nadine.
Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question.
I personally certainly could not recall an instance that I have heard of in the past, and I am one of those people who will soon be a veteran. I have 34 years completed in the RCMP and may likely be on the other end of things in the not too distant future.
I come from a time when our kit looked very different from the way it looks today. There have been significant adjustments made in terms of uniformity. Instead of having female equipment versus male equipment and issued dress, that has all been adapted so that we can select pants or skirts. There are lots of things like that.
The broader issue, from my perspective, is the extensive amount of equipment that a police officer is meant to don on a daily basis. One of the large problems comes into play when most—