Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
You bring very relevant information to the committee. For the past few weeks, the committee has heard some pretty incredible evidence about the seemingly unequal application of the law. I'm referring to tolerance of commercial offences and there being almost no prosecutions. People are saying it makes no sense. It goes to the very nature and purpose of what we're doing here.
I looked at the Public Prosecution Service of Canada's guides from 2014 and 2020. Now, there is much more emphasis on identifying the person who commits a crime. In 2014, there was only one mention of first nations or indigenous people. In the 2020 guide, there are more than 20. In one instance, when an offence is committed by indigenous groups or individuals in a business that is not an ancestral right, will your directives have an influence or not?
Are you going to take into account whether it's an indigenous person, a business or something else? Is there a bias in favour of first nations?