Thank you.
I'd like to thank all three presenter—Ms. Peters, Ms. Dunn, and Dr. Chevrier—for all the important work you are doing in this particular area. Your comments and responses to a number of questions this afternoon will be very helpful for this committee in making recommendations.
I'd like to start off by questioning Ms. Peters. Ms. Peters, I am a former Crown attorney, and in that role I have specialized in prosecuting special victims of crime, particularly human trafficking victims and child victims. I also spent a great deal of time dealing with indigenous offenders and indigenous victims. I'm very much concerned about the fact that, although indigenous women and children make up such a small percentage of the population in Brantford, they are heavily and disproportionately represented as victims of human trafficking.
My riding in Brantford—Brant includes the largest Indian reservation in Canada, known as the Six Nations of the Grand River. I don't know if you're familiar with that particular reservation, but I'd like to ask you, specifically, what are your thoughts on what is happening in that particular jurisdiction and why, generally, do such a high percentage of indigenous women and children find themselves victimized?