Thank you to both of you. I'm sure everybody agrees that we need you here for a week, not half an hour, but thank you both for your testimony.
Cindy, when you walked in, and also having heard Diane's great testimony, it occurred to me that really there are two things. One is after the fact, after aboriginal women and children have fallen through the cracks and have become addicted, or are in prostitution, or living in poverty, and so forth, but there's also the other thing, and that's the possibility of prevention.
It sounds to me that a lot of these studies, including this study about the particular areas of trafficking, prostitution, and the poverty of aboriginal women, look at the side of it that is after the fact. The decision has to be made on whether or not we'll continue to dwell on that. It's not that it shouldn't be addressed...and very specific to strategic actions. It sounds like Diane has really thought through a lot of that, not that Cindy hasn't.
The other side is prevention engagement. I'd like to hear from both of you on whether or not you would see a value in....
To me, what aboriginal men and women are calling for is they want the inquiry. That's more about looking at strategic actions to deal with the interaction between police and aboriginal women and children, and so forth, at how many are really out there, and at whether we're properly documenting, identifying, and taking appropriate legal actions and so forth.
The side that you talked about, Cindy, was about the strategic actions that have been taken in other jurisdictions that could be taken.
I'm wondering if each of you could talk briefly about that. Do you think both should be part of a strategy and merit some intensive look, with some sort of a timeline and so forth? In other words, “Here's some strategic action. Get on with it.”