I suppose I would start in that room by reminding everyone that indigenous women are also human beings. They are subject to human rights, the same as every other Canadian in this country, and all the laws of violence against women and girls apply.
I would ask the police to work with us to make sure that they are complying with those laws to make it safer for indigenous women to report violence. I would ask the resource sectors to develop a zero tolerance policy for their workers to make sure that if there is any violence, they are outed. There doesn't have to be this burden of proof through the justice system where women have to take it, and are essentially revictimizing themselves going through the court process. We want to get rid of all that. If we have reports of violence from men working in the sector, then we move them out of that sector, and we don't get them back.
I would ask the resource sector to do in-depth reference checks and background checks on the people who are working in the sectors, so we're not bringing dangerous predators into the community to the degree that we are now.
I would ask the communities, municipalities, town councils and indigenous communities to collaborate and work together to ask themselves what they can do to support and protect women and girls, and to make sure that indigenous women and girls, in particular, are enjoying the same level of human rights protection that every other Canadian gets to enjoy.
What do we need to put in place in our communities to ensure that all of these processes are there?
Debbra, maybe you have more to add to that.