Jaime Battiste at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

November 19th, 2025 / 4:55 p.m.

Liberal

Jaime Battiste Liberal Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish, NS

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for your service, officers, and for coming here to testify today.

Officers Montour, Skye and Killeen, you talked about the influx of organized crime and gang-related activity because of a lack of resources in your communities.

Can you tell us a bit about what kind of collaboration you have with the OPP and the RCMP for these major crimes where you need additional resources that are probably not available to most indigenous police programs in Canada?

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