Ms. Hazel Miron (Senior Investigator, Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada) at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

I'd like to thank Ivan for the nice introduction.

I think there has been a little bit of progress in terms of the healing lodges and in corrections today. However, there seems to be, in my opinion, a drift from the cultural aspect and focus of the healing lodges and the institutions. There is a shortage of elders. For section 81 facilities especially, there's not enough money and resources to do the work that needs to be done.

In terms of the culture, they've drifted away from it. In the women's facilities a lot of incidents have increased. There is a little bit of improvement, but not what we should be seeing at this time.