Thank you, Madam Chair. It's seven minutes?
Thank you all for coming. I very much appreciate hearing from you.
I'm going to try to weave something together, and I hope I'm not creating something.
Yesterday, as you heard, we were in Prince Albert. One of the overriding concerns we heard there, and what I have heard in other communities, not large urban ones but smaller communities, was with regard to the systems in the community, the social welfare systems, the justice system--Lisa Michell spoke about that--and the policing system. We heard today from Mr. Robinson what the police are doing, particularly as it relates to missing and murdered aboriginal women. But what we heard was a real concern that many aboriginal women do not feel they are treated appropriately by the systems, whether welfare, justice, or the police. In one community I was at, they said starkly that they didn't feel safe, that they didn't feel they had protection here.
I would like your comments and your recommendations on what we should be recommending to work with, help, or support organizations, because--and this is my view--we are dealing with racism and discrimination to a large extent.
I'm rambling a little bit, and I'm not sure if I'm gathering the essence of what I want to say, but if I make sense to you, please respond.