Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. I think nationally there has been some encouraging news in recent years on crime statistics, but certainly the pressure on municipalities has actually been growing. In the last 20 to 25 years, the percentage of the country's policing costs that are paid by municipalities has grown from below 50% to close to 60%, and municipal police forces have assumed a growing portion of the new policing responsibilities in the new environment.

Finance committee  Frankly, in keeping with the presentation that Mayor Stewart and my CEO have made today, our focus is really about putting existing investments on a stable basis. The current investment is $80 million a year. If we saw a commitment from the federal government to sustain that on an ongoing basis and then to work with municipalities and provinces to find the most effective way to combine our resources and make sure this money is getting the greatest results possible, that would be a first step.