I am proud that alternative approaches are being promoted within my Ministry. We have worked for a number of years with Hollow Water First Nation which, as you saw today, is at the forefront of healing victims and victimizers of sexual assault. We are also exploring healing and restorative strategies with a number of communities, both urban and First Nation. As well, the RCMP, Correctional Services of Canada, and the National Parole Board, agencies for which I am responsible, are all successfully applying alternative and restorative approaches in their work. I am also proud of the work that has been accomplished between my department and First Nations police services to promote community crime prevention initiatives.
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As police officers, you also recognize that other citizens in your communities have key roles to play, from social workers to teachers, from parents to political leaders. Everyone has something valuable to contribute. Under the First Nations Policing Policy, the federal government has now signed 111 policing agreements with First Nations and provinces covering 296 communities. What a powerful force for positive change in your communities. It is your leadership, your hard work and your input that has played and continues to play a key role in the growth and development of new and established First Nations policing services.