I love my fellow witness's suggestion that politicians don't speak about our communities. We could all just take a pause for 18 months or something, come back and have lower-temperature conversations.
I just think of what Mr. Lamrock shared and my experience with the young people in New Brunswick. It was horrifying to have their identities in the headlines for month after month. Nothing brought them greater peace than just having that shift.
We had local organizations begging the leaders, even favourable leaders, before the election in New Brunswick, to not talk about their communities because it was just so devastating to have their humanity politicized. No good can come of it.
I echo the comments that this conversation today has been really lovely. I feel like there is a lot of productive dialogue. That just isn't possible, normally, in headlines.