Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his comments. It is definitely worth staying up until 11:37 at night to hear them and his candour on systemic racism.
I want to ask the member about the impact of COVID, because that has come up tonight on economic insecurity. I appreciate that economic insecurity is real, particularly during a pandemic, but when it descends into violence and intimidation, that is never valid or to be condoned, and he spoke forcefully about that.
Where does that leave us with respect to indigenous self-determination on other aspects, such as what was raised by the member for Sydney—Victoria when he talked about indigenous control of education and this idea of indigenous control of policing? If policing needs to be there to ensure law and order, can indigenous police, and seeing more of them, be a remedy to that particular situation that is affecting Nova Scotia?