For a start, the RCMP wants their members to learn local culture, meet with chief and council and attend a feast soon after they arrive in the community. For our part, the GNWT has to do something similar. We have to recognize the diversity of the clients we provide services for. We have to then educate and train our service providers so they understand the diversity and the different cultures that make up our great territory so our service providers can understand why a client
acts as they do and provide service that is as culturally relevant as possible.
If we don’t, as my constituents powerfully stated, the carnage will continue. Thank you.