Mr. Speaker, as I have said many times in the House, the number of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers serving as part of the national police force in the province of Quebec remains identical to the number serving before the redeployment.
The reason the redeployment took place was in fact to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness in the RCMP's national policing role in the province of Quebec. Those decisions were made in consultation with others, including the Sûreté du Québec.