Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to begin by thanking all of our witnesses for being here with us today. Thank you for the great testimony and for being here to answer our questions.
My first questions are for Ms. Palmater.
Thank you very much for your very passionate testimony. I can see how much this issue is one that you care deeply about. A lot of the statistics and facts that you mentioned were very shocking to me. It's great that we're learning about this, at least here. I'd like to know and get a bit of your input specifically on how we can make things better.
In terms of what happens in Canada, you mentioned the RCMP. I sat on the public safety committee. I know that the RCMP needs to do better. Not even members in the RCMP are safe from the system itself, so I can only imagine for communities like indigenous communities, which are often victimized, how much they might be at risk when they're at the hands of the RCMP.
Why is it, do you think, that Canada has the status that it has around the world in terms of human rights violations when it comes to resource development?
I guess I'll ask the second question as well.
You mentioned Canada having the possibility of implementing policies that would help us to deal with that. Do you know of any countries around the world that do have stricter policies? If the U.S. is doing it better than we are, what exactly do they have in place to protect indigenous communities around the world? If you know of any countries that are doing better, what can we take from that?