Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the purpose of my questioning was I had been given to understand that we had not received any federal money in the last year for this program. So I thought that there may be an opportunity here to encourage the department to spend the same amount that we had been spending in our dollars and add in the federal contribution, because I think that this is a very important area. We could look for ways where it is through lapses in other budgets that are perhaps not being spent.

I would like to encourage the Minister and the department to look for ways to increase the spending in First Nations policing. I believe this is a program that has tremendous potential, particularly as we move down the road to self-government and communities will want to take on more and more responsibility for policing themselves. This can only help make sure that they are prepared to do so. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.