Justice committee  Thank you very much. So the floor is mine, I can speak for another 45 minutes? Just kidding. Very seriously, I want to express my thanks to every one of you because this is very important for us as first nations people, because of the sixties scoop and the residential schools,

Justice committee  Thank you very much for the question. Yes, I do agree. The position of AFN is that it has to be considered. I don't think corrections is the answer. As a matter of fact, corrections should treat this as a disability. I think the judges should have discretion on whether to send t

Justice committee  I agree with you. Yes, under the age of 12, unfortunately, we have to bring them to their respective parents or anyone else whose authority they are under. I touched on first nations, for example, with the sixties scoop. Nobody really knew the implications or the issues relative

Justice committee  Thank you very much for the question. Respectfully, I don't think the Gladue principles are being applied across Canada. That's the problem. It's not so much that they aren't working; it's that they are not being applied by Corrections Canada or other institutions that should be

Justice committee  I can't say I am, sir, unfortunately.

Justice committee  I have not seen that article, sir.

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Very briefly, as quickly as I can, I think in our first nation communities our population is evidence that we are increasing by a rate of 4% plus. Are we prepared for the future? That is a question that needs to be answered. I think there is much

Justice committee  Prevention programs have to be more prevalent on first nations communities. It has to be funded to address those issues. Very quickly, just to touch on subsection 16(1) of the Criminal Code, I think we're here because FASD is not factored in to the application of 16(1) when you

Justice committee  That is a very difficult opinion to even speak about because as you know, that's why we're here.

Justice committee  Some of our people are not clinically diagnosed with FASD.

Justice committee  And right now, sir, if I may, roughly 50% of the present population are aboriginal.

Justice committee  Perhaps 50%

Justice committee  That's why—

Justice committee  That is again an opinion that has to come from expert practitioners, respectfully.

Justice committee  Thank you very much. Boozhoo. Tanisi. Aaniin. I want to thank previous speakers, and also to thank the House of Commons committee on justice and human rights for allowing us to participate in this very, very important presentation. My name is Cameron Alexis. I am the regional