Thank you, Chair.
The only reason I was forced to respond—and I won't continue—is that a comment was made and I couldn't allow it to just sit there.
The question I have now actually goes right into the makeup of our population. We've seen a 25% growth in our prison population, and yet our Canadian population has not grown at that same rate.
But specifically I want to talk about our aboriginal population. The aboriginal population in prisons is ten times more than the national average; 33.6% of all women prisoners right across the board are aboriginal women. And among black males we've seen an increase of 80% in prisons.
What is your response to that? And please be quick.