Thank you. I'm going to try to be very brief so that I can share my time with Todd.
Thank you very much for your report. I have to say, it's very sad to hear those kinds of statistics. It really makes me feel that we need to put more resources, or push for more resources, because I know there is good work being done. It's just that the numbers are overwhelming.
I have two very quick points. One is a technical point. In your presentation, you sometimes went from “first nations” to “aboriginal” quite freely. I'm not 100% sure if that includes Métis and Inuit numbers. So just be aware that there are three aboriginal groups in Canada and we can't just interchangeably say “first nations” and then go back to “aboriginal people”, because you're missing two other groups when you do that.
I'm very worried that, with the new legislation coming down the pipe with minimum sentences and making criminals out of people who I think necessarily should not be branded criminals, these numbers are going to get even worse. My understanding of the new legislation coming down is that we'll be putting more people in jail than we're trying to help. We have restorative justice initiatives that I think we need to explore more.
So is that your feeling, that these numbers will get even worse among the aboriginal population when the new legislation is put in place? I know it's not a fair question, but....