I love hearing solutions that are modern but also take in the context of traditions and how family values are important to the nations.
I'm solutions-focused, so I'm going to try to get through this very quickly.
One thing the current government has done well is they've worked with first nations to implement 10-year grant agreements in ISC. In order to qualify for a 10-year grant agreement, you get 10 years of sustained funding and a road map of 10 years, rather than the one or two years of contribution agreements that most first nations have. In order to get one, you have to have a financial administration law, FAL, and you have to be First Nations Financial Management Board certified.
I think of a solution when it comes to policing rather than Public Safety's FNIPP that we have, which is woefully poorly regulated right now. There's a correlation with, maybe, a future program like a 10-year grant program. I believe, as a Conservative, in protecting the Canadian taxpayer when it comes to taking a risk on each other. The risk is that first nations and the FAL have to have FAL to up their capacity to be responsible, but they also have less stringent rules on how they spend their money. It's up to them on that 10-year grant agreement. When it comes to policing, I see something similar maybe planting a seed here. Maybe, when it comes to policing, you could have a community safety law in order to qualify for a 10-year policing agreement one day in the future.
What would you put in a community safety law for indigenous communities in a framework? What do you think that would look like?