Thank you so much for being with us today.
I think for the most part I'm wishing to focus more on the side of prevention than post-incarceration. I believe there are many things we can do post-incarceration, but I have to ask the question, why do we have the problem to begin with? Are there actions that can be taken by the government, by aboriginal communities, by the general public? Are there actions that can be taken in order to facilitate the empowerment of aboriginal women to help in whatever way possible? Even if that means no action, then let's do that. Are there places where maybe there are actually too many hands on deck and more space needs to be given to aboriginal communities themselves? There are different factors involved there so I want to talk about that.
My first question has to do with the fact that many of these aboriginal women, and witnesses have argued that even the majority of these aboriginal women who end up in correctional facilities, have been victimized themselves. They have been abused or various things have taken place in their lifetimes. That said, I'm wondering if you can talk a bit about what that looks like from your view. When you have individuals come in—and I understand that you work largely with men—what would your observation be in terms of the victimization of those who are incarcerated within our system?