I spoke about a race equity framework. It echoes what is already going on at the federal level with the gender plus framework. One overarching way of looking at this issue is that if you applied a race equity framework to any federal programming, you would be able to start to identify some of the indicators of systemic racism.
I will give you a very simple example. In income security, the federal government provides such things as old age security. If you applied a racial equity framework to the old age security program, you would probably find that the people least able to access that program are from racialized communities.
That is one way in which you can start to break down every systemic piece of work that the federal government does.
We've talked already about federal employment equity, which I really think is a critical piece that we need to speak loudly on. I'm going to leave it to Shawn to talk maybe about corrections.
There are priorities, however. Ontario said. “We cannot tackle every issue. We have to choose priorities and create strategies for those priorities.” I think it's critical for this committee to make a decision on what the priorities are.
As a lawyer, I would say the justice system is a critical priority. The housing system, on which work is already happening, is a critical priority. I would also say that creating a race equity lens will in and of itself be an incredible starting point for looking at every system.