Public Safety committee  Could I have 10 seconds?

Public Safety committee  I just want to thank Ms. Maynard. It's been an honour to share the platform with her. I learned so much from her. We need to listen to the research. Just like with COVID, we need to listen to the science, so thank you very much. Thank you to all of you for what you do.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the opportunity to answer that. It's mentorship. It's wraparound support. Young people come to us from street life, from prison, from gangs. They've been used and abused in those settings, and they're tired, but they don't feel encouraged that they can make it in a

Public Safety committee  We need to invite the police to step down at the front end and at the back end of that whole process. Unofficially and informally, we receive calls from the community to do wellness checks that the police never even know about. I and the people I work with will knock on any door

Public Safety committee  For the record, I want to correct the population number. It is is 18% of Manitobans who identify as indigenous, not 10%. We have a very strong and proud indigenous community in Winnipeg. There are very many indigenous people doing so well right now, but we also have people who

Public Safety committee  If you want to look at the really big picture, we have to look at the root causes of inequity. We have to look at poverty. We have to look at privilege. Right now, I believe there are three things indigenous youth need. They need education, not for the inherent wisdom of wester

Public Safety committee  I would love to improve policing in general. Let's not not do that. Let's improve policing. Let's do a better job at recruiting, training and giving them the skills that they need when they need them. Let's also add community groups that can do the mental health checks and the f

Public Safety committee  My overall opinion is, in a way, both. There should be less involvement by police where it's a space of power and authority situation. They should step down and not be seen in that way. They can, perhaps, have more involvement within the community in a more proactive way.

Public Safety committee  I would say more recruitment of indigenous police officers, but also, once they are trained, putting them in positions as consultants and mediators between the police and the community as well.

Public Safety committee  Yes, and again, there should also be more partnerships with community groups.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I believe the federal government can act as a role model for provincial and civic governments to show that this is a priority.

Public Safety committee  Yes, Coming to the table with resources would be leading by example.

Public Safety committee  Yes. In fact, if we're on the scene first, we're doing a lot of defusing and de-escalating. Then police don't need to be called in, because we've done the work already.

Public Safety committee  That is an excellent question. Thank you. Actually, there are two schools of thought that come out of the police towards indigenous youth. One is suspicion and mistrust and always believing that these young people might be criminally involved, sometimes with absolutely no reason

Public Safety committee  Is that for me or Ms. Maynard?