Dr. Patti Laboucan-Benson

Dr. Patti LaBoucane-Benson is a Métis Senator from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta. She is currently the Government Liaison and is the first Indigenous woman to hold a leadership position in the Senate of Canada.

Truth & Reconciliation Closing the gap between the rhetoric and reality of Indigenous sentencing

Bill C-5 will help address the legacies of colonization and racism that have led to the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in our criminal justice system.

BY Dr. Patti Laboucan-Benson , Michael Milech