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House Hansard - 153

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 3, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 153 - Feb/3/23
Mr. Jaime Battiste (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Lib.)
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Madam Speaker, I would like to start by thanking the member opposite for her advocacy. This is an important subject that we have to get right in Canada. As an indigenous person who lives in an indigenous community, I am aware of the complexities and also the need for indigenous policing legislation and indigenous policing commitments. That is why our government put almost $1 billion in the 2020 budget to ensure that we are moving forward on indigenous policing. We are going to do so because we owe a debt to indigenous people across this country so they can be safe and secure in the places where they reside.
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