Thank you, Dr. Zinger, and thank you for shedding light on the reality of where we are in the corrections system in Canada with indigenous people.
I'm wondering if you can give us any insight as to whether there is any correlation that you have found between those who are either second- or third-generation Indian residential school survivors and those who are currently serving in penitentiaries.
What I'm really trying to look towards is the root causes. I reject any notion that indigenous people, because of a culture or any race-based solutions, are more apt to commit crimes. I'd rather look at the root of why. I've listened to elders, and I'm from Nova Scotia, where the Donald Marshall Jr. inquiry said that systemic racism is present within the justice system and fails indigenous people at every turn.
I'm wondering if you could talk to us a little of the root causes of what we are finding about those who are currently serving and some of the root causes that create the atmosphere where they end up in federal institutions.