Thank you, Madam Chair.
My questions have to do with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women
analyzed a 2014 RCMP report on missing and murdered aboriginal women. The report explains that the estimates of the number of missing and murdered aboriginal women underestimates the extent of the crisis. I'll ask my three questions all at once, and then you can answer.
Can you explain the inaccuracies in identifying the aboriginal victims, in both the RCMP data and in the data regarding police practices? Do you think it's possible that some aboriginal people were identified as being non-aboriginal, which could skew the national homicide inquiry?
Furthermore, what actions have been put in place internally to investigate and prevent allegations of sexual assault against aboriginal woman by members of the RCMP and other police forces?