I understand, but it has little impact in indigenous communities and on the ground in terms of ensuring safety on the streets. I would like to give the example of the Winneway community, the Long Point first nation, whose chief, Steeve Mathias, we welcomed last week. He has been working tirelessly for over 20 years to ensure that Winneway has its own indigenous police service. Agreements have been signed and services are currently provided by the Sûreté du Québec, but this is obviously causing a lot of turmoil there.
You have provided $150,000 in funding for a feasibility study for an Anishinabe regional police service. The deliverables have been prepared, the study has been conducted, but the police service has not been created, mainly due to a lack of will.
In his brief to the committee, Chief Mathias indicated that Canada has been absent from the negotiating table since 2006, i.e., for nearly 20 years. Can you assure us that Canada will resume leadership of the process, return to the negotiating table and demonstrate the will to implement the promised indigenous policing pilot project?