Again, there are four regions in Inuit Nunangat. Of course, Nunavut, Inuvialuit, and Nunatsiavut are all policed by RCMP, and then there's Nunavik, which is policed by the Kativik Regional Police Force, which makes this a sort of unique situation in spanning such a large land mass.
But that is true: I don't think we've had the time or the opportunity to consult and to really come to an answer about contract policing. I think what came out loud and clear through the report was the need for more Inuit civilian positions within the RCMP. I'm not sure that the RCMP and the Kativik Regional Police Force...or actually, I should be more definitive: I am sure that it's not working. It's just not.
Again, I think what we need to do is that we really need to start rethinking policing, and by “we” I mean “Inuit”. I think that our next step would likely be to hold mass consultations with Inuit, centring the voices of women and youth at the forefront and understanding how they perceive or how they want to perceive further policing, but our report does speak to the need to have Inuit civilian positions made available.