Thank you, Minister.
The RCMP police about 20% of the population but just over 80% of the land mass. Much of that is in rural Canada, which does present some significant geographical challenges.
One of our goals is to strengthen our approach to intimate partner violence, particularly in our northern territories. The reality is that this also includes a whole-of-community approach. We're very supportive of alternative resolutions and reconciliation measures, because those communities are unique. The democracy of our judicial system sometimes is not necessarily the best approach or the most applied approach in those territories. That requires on-the-ground work with our territorial representatives and our community representatives. It must be a victim-centric as well as a community-centric approach. That's where our training at Depot in Regina has shifted in terms of our cultural sensitivity and our preparation for when members deploy out of Regina and respond to remote, isolated communities. Our approach is much more focused.
As the minister alluded to, we're currently working on a significant internal indigenous-Inuit strategy to make progressive change, not only for now but for the years to come.