Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Madam Chairperson, I have some more questions on how the department approaches the communities in offering community constable by-law officer training, and what they expect of these community constable by-law officers after they are trained. From the response of the Minister yesterday, it was suggested that this would enhance the police presence in the community that does not have police presence. It is my experience, Madam Chairperson, that by-law officers in the communities in the past were not expected to enforce the Criminal Code. They were never asked to do that. As a matter of fact, if you take the simple description of the by-law officer's title, he is a by-law officer. He is there to enforce municipal by-laws and nothing else. He was paid a salary based on that. Obviously, the department is now expecting to replace the RCMP presence with an enhanced by-law officer, but the fact of the matter is, the communities are not accepting that this person would, in fact, be fully trained or capable of handling a crisis situation.

Therefore, I am sure the communities are starting to question whether or not they should have taken this service on at all for the amount they are receiving in return. That is my understanding, Madam Chairperson, from meetings with the community as well as the statement in a letter from the hamlet of Sachs Harbour to the Minister, which I gave him a copy of. How is the department selling this program to the community? I believe that is what is happening. The department is selling the program to the communities.