Sean Fraser: “The government will take the next few weeks to review it before responding with a decision.”

I would be careful not to paint all provinces and territories with a single brush because they’re in unique sets of circumstances that don’t necessarily reflect the experience of one province in a neighbouring province.

We’ve taken a major step forward,” he added. “And the reason why we were able to do it is because we’ve done it together.

I’ll reiterate that the stats are certainly encouraging news, and I would say it reflects the hard work of law enforcement across the country who are working every day to keep our communities safe.

Importantly to me, I’m also going to be reviewing the witness testimony upon which those recommendations were based.