Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, witnesses. We recognize the important work that all of you do in advancing the rights of victims. This is not a perfect world, and obviously it's one that is usually intense for all parties. On behalf of the victims as well as others who get caught up in the justice system or the correctional system, thank you for everything you do.
I have a couple of questions. The Parole Board of Canada established a victim advisory committee and the Correctional Service of Canada launched an internal victim engagement task team. Can you explain how these initiatives are currently working to provide victims with greater support?
I'll go just a bit further and ask for anything that you can shed on—and it could be a different party answering that—the relationship between the provincial and the territorial and your counterparts in other provinces in relation to victim advisory services or things like this that you support.
Also, in terms of diverse communities, do you have a lens on that? If so, what is it? How do you carry that out for diverse communities, for people who have perhaps a different language from English or French, and a different culture, but also for other communities, like the indigenous communities in my province of Nova Scotia, for example, African Black Nova Scotians and various other diverse communities?
I don't know who to address it to, so thanks. Go ahead.