Absolutely. Poverty is one of the main contributors to indigenous women, children, and families' lack of safety. Poverty is one of the main contributors to the loss of life, to the loss of future generations, and there is no excuse for that kind of poverty in one of the richest countries in the world where we have entire communities living in third world conditions. This cannot be allowed to continue for another generation. We need to address it.
This means upstream investments, so we are saving money in the long run—investing in education, employment, and the eradication of poverty so we don't have to spend triple the money on prisons and treatment.