Thank you, Chair.
I think everybody understands that there is over-representation in our prisons of indigenous and Black Canadians. A recent report published in the Globe and Mail revealed that in addition to that, biased and discriminatory risk assessments are being done, amounting essentially to systemic discrimination towards indigenous and Black Canadians and resulting in more ending up in maximum security, having less access to programs and training and serving a longer period of their sentence incarcerated rather than in the community.
Minister Blair, does that disturb you? Can you tell the committee what is going to be done to end this form of systemic discrimination in our prisons?