The work you do is certainly admirable. I have a large aboriginal constituency and I know the challenge that comes with policing, along with delivering other services in many of those communities.
The aboriginal policing information management system outlines that first nations policing programs are currently dealing with criminal incidents that are 3.8 times higher than the rest of Canada. It also includes certain key indicators: violent crime is at 5.8 times the national average, assaults are seven times the national average, and drug trafficking is at 3.8 times the national average. These are alarming statistics, no doubt, for any sector of our population in the country.
How do we starting bringing those numbers down? It's not that we haven't been bringing them down—I'm not saying that—but how do we bring them down even lower than they are today? What kind of resources do we need to start investing in first nations communities to make this happen?