Chief Alexis, thank you very much for your spirited critique of mandatory minimums and their disproportionate effect on the aboriginal community.
You may not be aware, but at our last meeting we heard from the Correctional Investigator of Canada, Howard Sapers, who pointed out that the Gladue principles, or paragraph 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code, came into effect in 1996, but that there has been no appreciable change in the number of incarcerated aboriginal offenders. From that, he concluded that it isn't working. How would you react to that, sir?