That's a difficult chore for me, Mr. Chair, but I'll try.
Cultural sensitivity is probably the best way to remove racial discrimination, or at least systemic discrimination, and this is something that needs to be taken in earnest, and I believe, promoted by the government. I don't have to look far to notice that. For example, see the public comments that come out of the CBC after they deal with an aboriginal issue. I think that one of the recommendations is cultural sensitivity, and the other side of the coin, I believe, is the interns' point of view as well, to prepare them for some amount of cultural sensitivity to private industry. It cuts both ways.
I'll give you one concrete example of one particular situation that happened to one of my interns recently. Basically it was Halloween, and the first person that she is greeted by in a Halloween costume is Pocahontas. How is she supposed to take that? Of course she reacted very negatively and called me up and had a discussion with me about this. I had to put everything in context for her from this standpoint. I also had to put it in context for the company as well, so next year they're going to come out with a policy for Halloween costumes. Now this is something that looks trivial in non-aboriginal lives, but it's very serious in aboriginal people's eyes from that standpoint.