Thank you very much, Ms. Damoff. Those are very important questions. It is in my mandate letter to ensure that all of our employees and members benefit from training on bias and eliminating bias and racism from all the services that we provide. I think we have a greater responsibility in the country, which is to address hate and racism in all its forms, including anti-indigenous racism.
I will also say just briefly that I did meet with that family. What was also very apparent to me was that we need to be very thoughtful about victim support services very broadly, because the pain of that family was quite apparent in the meeting I had with them.
With respect to first nations policing, I'm actually very proud that within my mandate I have been directed by the Prime Minister to make additional investments and improvements. It's apparent that we need to invest in the first nations policing program. If I may, let me speak to that.
We are currently exploring how best to advance these commitments to ensure that police officers and services all have the necessary tools and resources to do that. These commitments build upon previous investments that we've made of $291 million over five years—which is a commitment we made in 2018—for the first nations policing program to improve officer safety.
Within these estimates—if I may bring it back to the estimates—we're seeking a transfer of $52.9 million that will go to the RCMP from Public Safety Canada for the first nations community policing service. This will pay for police services that are provided by the RCMP, because first nations policing is provided in some jurisdictions by indigenous police services, and in many others by the RCMP.
Through these estimates, we are seeking $167 million for the first nations program overall.