Thank you very much for your question.
We had some very productive discussions with indigenous communities, particularly in western Canada. Yes, it's a concern. In many instances, young people and adults live in very unfortunate socioeconomic circumstances. There is an isolation problem. There's also a problem with returning perpetrators into the community, which is often small and cannot prevent close proximity between victims and perpetrators. Only last year in northern Quebec, two indigenous women were murdered in the same week by men who had previously been released three or four times.
So the circumstances are very specific and the bill will not be addressing them. However, over the next few years, it will be essential to work very closely with indigenous communities to determine whether electronic bracelets might be able to discourage perpetrators.
The company told us that the mere fact that a bracelet was being worn reduced attempted recidivism by 50%. Feeling monitored inhibits a perpetrator's desire to go towards the victim. Opportunities for the use of monitoring bracelets in these communities need to be evaluated, and solutions will have to be found to problems that are much broader than domestic violence.