Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Mr. Duchesneau, may I just go back to your comment?
My question came from Ms. Desnoyers' comments about skills that were being acquired in the prison setting. When an aboriginal man is incarcerated, assessments are done. Bear in mind that in my job before I went into political life, we did assessments of injured workers to help them find the best place to contribute. We did assessments to help them gain employment that was going to give them a reasonable income in order for them to provide for their families, and also for self-satisfaction and to build their skills levels in other areas. We did those assessments on a regular basis.
Hopefully, the skills that are being provided in the prison setting right now will help individuals--and not just aboriginal people--who have been incarcerated find employment when they return to their communities and will help them build their abilities and contribute to their communities. Not everybody is going into social work, so other skills are being acquired.
I guess I'm asking which skills are going to be valuable. We need to be providing them to our aboriginal people so they can find success when they leave the prison setting. My question was specific to that issue.