For the record, I want to correct the population number. It is is 18% of Manitobans who identify as indigenous, not 10%.
We have a very strong and proud indigenous community in Winnipeg. There are very many indigenous people doing so well right now, but we also have people who are wounded from generations of the effects of the relationship between Canada and its indigenous peoples.
Lots of the folks we encounter in the community who are struggling come from different backgrounds. The areas that we patrol are in the inner city in the north end of Winnipeg, where there is a higher indigenous population. As I said, most community members are doing fantastically well. They're doing wonderfully and they're healthy. However, some of our folks who are struggling are indeed indigenous, and it's visual. When you go to our youth correctional jail, you see that all the youth are of colour or indigenous and all of the staff are white. It's stark. It's striking to see that visual.
Our child welfare is about 90% indigenous children in care, and that's just unacceptable.