Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I spent many years on the public safety committee in a previous Parliament. It's nice to be back. It's particularly nice to be here on a day when first nations representatives are here.
I want to start by acknowledging something very important that was said by Vice-Chief Bear. It's certainly something I hear quite often from the first nations in my riding. The T'Sou-ke Nation, the Sc'ianew First Nation, the Songhees Nation and the Esquimalt Nation all point to the lack of capacity to participate in all of the consultations that they're asked to participate in.
I think that's a very important point that was raised here. We have to provide capacity if we expect people to be able to participate meaningfully in consultations. I thank Vice-Chief Bear for that point.
I want to stay with Vice-Chief Bear just for a moment.
In the discussions about red flag laws, it's been pointed out that they're another alternative to going to the police to deal with domestic violence because of the lack of trust, and they might be useful to first nations. I wonder whether first nations have any greater trust in the firearms officers or the court system. Is the red flag law really a solution that will be useful to first nations in dealing with things like domestic violence?