Frankly, I’m actually quite surprised, as a member of the justice policy committee, where the member opposite also sits, that you missed it. We talked about training; we’re talking about education. The proposed approach maintains the existing requirements to become a police officer, which are completion of secondary school or its equivalent. Nothing is changing. The member opposite keeps going on and on: “We’re going to have less training.” It’s the same now. We applauded the police officer from the van attack on Danforth. You applauded him. That person, when they applied for the job, did not need a post-secondary degree.

Stacey, whoever you are, thank you for calling in to your councillor. I’m sorry your MPP did not share that information with you, but there are no changes to the education requirement. It is the same across Canada.

What I also want to mention is that when you mention the—through you, Speaker, when they mention the Mass Casualty Commission, we heard during that committee that there is going to be more training once you become a police officer. So to the member opposite: Voting no is voting against public safety. Will you support this bill?

Thank you to the members for their contributions to the debate. My question is for either of the members across the way. I’m glad to see that there are courses being established for new judges and existing judges with respect to Keira’s Law: domestic violence, partner violence, systemic racism and systemic discrimination when it comes to training in the justice system for judges and justices of the peace.

What we’re hearing from police officers, front-line officers and community members is that they want more training for police officers, not less. How does this bill ensure that all police training will include much more substantial required training like in equity, human rights, mental health and de-escalation so that police have those tools to do their job even better?

I want to thank the member from Hamilton Mountain for her remarks.

I have the pleasure of working with a great community police officer in the west end of Ottawa Centre. His name is Darren Joseph. He was a running back in the CFL. He’s a fixture in the community. Members from Hamilton know of him because of who he played for. One of the things he tells me all the time is that good policing work is social work with the possibility of an armed response. The many layers of skills you need to try to reach someone in crisis are far more important. The member talked about those eloquently.

You mentioned that people are asking for more training, so I’m going to give you the opportunity to talk about what kind of training you’ve heard people ask for.