Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank my colleague, the honourable Member for Nahendeh, for summarizing the shared concerns of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning. I always appreciate the opportunity to talk about my public service alma mater, the Department of Justice. They do some incredible work. In many ways, the department has a unique role in the integrated case management and other restorative justice programs like that, and community justice-based programs where they can take the work of the other social envelope committees and bring them together. I think the integrated case management is the perfect example of how this government best helps people who have complex needs. It is my hope that we can continue to roll this out beyond justice context, and use the lessons learned here to inform successful response to clients with complex needs across government.

I know some of my constituents, although they have not come into contact with the justice system, or the criminal justice system, they have been referred to the integrated case management. It has been successful in directing them to the right resources.

I think this aspect of the department's work is very important. I am also very pleased that this budget contains a significant amount of new funding for police services, including sheriffs' officers. I know that I have raised this issue before, and the Minister is well aware of that, and the department is now taking steps to evaluate how we can best use our policing services and our police officer services to improve the public safety and efficiency within the department.

I will have more comments to that end when we get into those activities, but apart from the strong desire of the standing committee members to see a greater focus on Victims Services and the Men's Healing Program to take action on the crisis of family violence, most of what Justice is doing is very much appreciated, and is recognized as excellent work. Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.