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mr. maples. >> german, ranking member and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. it is an honor to speak with you and share the work my office is doing to keep residents and visitors new jersey safe. specially with regard to educational institutions.the new jersey office of homeland security and preparedness as tough with counterterrorism and resilient the security efforts across the all levels of the government, nonprofit organizations and the private sector. we are charged with bolstering new jersey's resources for critical infrastructure protection and preparedness, training and federal grants management. the tech against children and staff, and what should be the safe haven of education, is perhaps the most jarring threat we face. recent incidents across the country, stark reminders of schools are often targeted by those acting in violence. with the assistance in delaware, preventative school shooting this past june. when we arrested a man possessing a loaded firearm and additional ammunition in elementary school in westfield, new jersey. the

mr. maples as well. the next step after what are deemed to be pretty good next steps.good solutions already. >> the first thing we're lacking is you know at the end of october, that website is going to go live. so there's going a lot of great resources on that website. it's very interactive so schools will be able to go on there, answer a series of questions to see where they are in the process of making their school safe and then that website will walk you through the process. it will tell you where your gaps are, your deficiencies are and will direct you to grant do dollars. to give you an exam p. one of the deficiencies we have currently is that a lot of our grant programs, they're not implementing best practices. once we have these best practices, once the website goes live, tie those best practices grant dollars. we want to make sure that schools are implementing the most effective measures to keep schools safe. we don't just want a shiny object. >> so if issue is if there's not enough fwrants. it's that we aren't tieing that money to the right practices. you ment

maple leafs won the stanley cup. joining us is john ehrlichman from toronto. did mr. trudeau win or did the conservatives lose?u slice it we've got a divided nation this morning. the liberal party wakes up this morning and power so that is a positive for them. him, whenather before there are big battles there can be casualties. he begins his second term with a minority government. you mentioned the conservatives. they kept the liberals out of the providence -- province of alberta. we know there has been trudeau mania. he has become a star and there was a lot of excitement. scandals,me, ethical broken promises left the liberals in a tough spot on the campaign trail. they did incredibly well in alberta and ontario. quebec was fascinating because found thequebecois vote overnight. tom: that's right where i wanted to go to go back to mr. trudeau senior and the tensions between english-speaking canada and the french of quebec as well. how did quebec and the entire emotion of quebecois fit into the forming of this minority system? >> i think right now in this country the reality is the canadian economy is still driv