Mr. Speaker, as an aboriginal, I face the same issues that the member is talking about in my own community and in a lot of different first nations communities all across Canada. Really, what we are talking about is a long-term commitment to doing something better. I presume the hon. member is talking about a stopgap measure in the meantime.
“In the meantime” means toddlers getting raped in their beds during a home invasion. We have a criminal in Winnipeg who is suing store owners for loss of income because he got beaten up. We have a homeowner being charged with assault because he tried to defend his home and family.
If this is a stopgap measure, then what does the member recommend we do in the short term to stop the violence and the rape and the assault?