Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd be the same. I have no experience with that, unfortunately. I apologize.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I read through Chief Blake's comments last week from the Tsuut'ina Nation. He made a comment about enforcement being only a very small part of our job. I very much agree with that. There is a lot of restorative justice going on behind the scenes. It's

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, that's absolutely correct. Further to the relationship-building aspect, when the members are so busy and responding to calls for service, and usually violent calls for service, this situation makes it extremely difficult for them to be in a mind frame to go and build a rel

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with you about integrating new members from all over Canada into the unique communities they serve. We've written that into our annual performance plan, and I believe that's a provincial mandate this year. It's so important that when they get to the community, as soon a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you. I think I can go back prior to 2014, when I was living even further north on a first nation, and we were able to enforce bylaws pursuant to the Indian Act. The first nation was very pleased with that. It was a dry reserve. We were able to do our best to keep alco

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I might be able to chime in on this one. Again it comes back to the relationship between the detachments and the communities. You had previously asked about difficulties in enforcing on a first nation or any conflicts. In my experience, when provincial legislation such as the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Good morning, Mr. Chair, and good morning, everybody. That's correct. I grew up in northern Saskatchewan. I have been fortunate enough to be posted here for my entire service. Many of the communities I have worked in have first nations communities l

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure. I will go back to some experiences I have had on the negative. Some of the first nations leaders and all the community leaders have told me that for quite a few years, they felt the RCMP told them what their policing needs were. Reverse that and approach the community l