Thank you, Chair.
This amendment is drafted to deal with the exact concerns we heard about regarding the misuse of Gladue reports.
I was quite happy to see in the bill when it was introduced that indigenous history and Gladue reports would be taken into account, but we've heard during our study at status of women, and I've heard when speaking with individuals, that those reports are sometimes not provided to institutes because of how they are used, and also that they are used to assess risk and not the needs of the inmate.
This amendment specifies that the legislation says it must be taken into consideration. This amendment will ensure that any decisions made based on that will not be used to assess risk posed by an indigenous inmate.