Thank you, Chair.
We talked about systemic racism in policing, but there's also, of course, well-known systemic racism in the prison system in our country under the Correctional Service of Canada. Tom Cardoso's story in The Globe and Mail's last weekend identified clear racial discrimination in risk assessments, leading to longer sentences, fewer rehabilitation programs, less access to programs and harsher treatment within prison.
We also had Anthony Doob's report a couple of days ago that underscored the systemic discrimination and gross failure to meet our obligations under the Charter of Rights in the use of solitary confinement, now called SIUs. These things continue to be discovered, layer after layer, and upended. When are we going to see actual changes that will reduce the prison population of indigenous people and people of colour? When are we going to see these fixes being done?
I want to ask the minister that, not the representatives of the CSC. They have 19,000 employees for 12,500 inmates, down from 14,000 a few years ago. Why is there not action taken? Why are we waiting for oversight after oversight to reiterate the problem without a solution?