Thank you.
I'm most grateful that you're here, and I want to thank you for all of the information you are providing. It helps us to start to fill in all the cracks, all the gaps, in our understanding.
I want to talk to everyone, but I want to start with Ms. Pate. You said something that troubled me. You said there is a backlash regarding violence against women. I wonder if you could elaborate on that.
Also, I want to talk a little bit about the Sapers report from 2008. Essentially, he made a number of recommendations, but what is most appalling about this report is that the management protocol was used and is still used against aboriginal women. It is by and large aboriginal women who are in this horrific situation, and aboriginal offenders are less likely to be granted parole.
It's not a very specific question, but I wonder if you could touch on some of those things, because I think institutional violence against women is also something we should look at.