Health committee  Okay. That clears up something very important for me.

Health committee  I have a few more minutes left. In Winnipeg we know we have a lot of issues in the health care department, the emergency wards, people who are in addictions and security issues for staff who are being hurt. Is that same thing going on in Calgary as well?

Health committee  Are officers also required to be on service and on call at that time when they're in the hospitals?

Health committee  My final question, for both chiefs of police, is this: Because you're occupied doing this work, what are you not doing that you should be doing? What are the other tasks that you have been mandated to do that you're not able to do?

Health committee  Chief Smyth.

Health committee  I'd like to thank everyone very much for attending here today. It's a great honour to have all of you. I'd like to ask Mayor Brian Bowman, or any of your chiefs there, how many homeless people do we actually have in Winnipeg?

Health committee  I believe the actual number is 1,500.

Health committee  The Province of Manitoba and the federal government just put out a bilateral agreement—$4.2 million from the feds and from the province—to help fund more capacity. That's what the province is saying. They're talking about 130 people being treated in a year. Is that enough to trea

Health committee  When you say quicker access, are you talking about rapid access to addiction medicine?

Health committee  That's open 22 and a half hours a week in five different locations, so that's not a lot of access in my mind. I'd like to talk to Ms. Longstreet. How long do you think a treatment should be? The province says it should be 10 days here for a recovery bed, seven to 10 days, and t

Health committee  Doctor.

Health committee  This next question is for Mr. Harris from the Calgary Police Service. You mentioned barriers. I was wondering if you could elaborate more on those barriers that you see in your work day to day that impede someone from obtaining addiction treatment, getting off the streets and get

Health committee  I would suggest, if possible, shortening people's time period equally among all the parties, so that we all get a chance to finish whole rounds and hear all the testimony and the various ideas from all the members.

Health committee  It's to shorten the time, if need be, because if the testimony goes a little bit long—

Health committee  Then I also hear about other cases of it taking two years to remove it from the market, and there wasn't very good reporting and people suffered. For me personally, that's unacceptable, and I think it's unacceptable for Canadians. Is there an expedited process for you to do the