Sylvie Boutin, a spokesperson for the organization, said the BEI is working on recruiting First Nations and Inuit investigators for greater representation. She said police oversight is important, but expressed concern with the lack of Indigenous representation and questioned if the agency does a good job and is receptive to Indigenous peoples. But the agency doesn't collect data on how many of those cases involve Indigenous people. Ghislain Picard is regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador. "If the BEI is to gain trust from Indigenous peoples, then it has to respect that reality."

Source: CBC News June 16, 2020 18:33 UTC