Evidence of meeting #7 for Special Committee on Indigenous Women in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was women.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Tracy Porteous  Executive Director, Ending Violence Association of British Columbia
Rolanda Manitowabi  Executive Director, Ngwaagan Gamig Recovery Centre Inc.
Tracy O'Hearn  Executive Director, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Katharine Irngaut  Manager, Abuse Prevention, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada

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Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

It was interesting. They didn't put up her name forward. The mother's name is Melissa and the cousin's name is Anwhatin.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler

For Melissa's daughter—

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Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

And for the—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler

So is that okay?

Sorry...?

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Conservative

Greg Rickford Conservative Kenora, ON

I don't think we should take this kind of thing lightly.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler

Okay.

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Conservative

Greg Rickford Conservative Kenora, ON

Frankly, Madam Chair, I think that when we have more information on this situation, and we can either authorize a statement or pay a respectful moment of silence to specific person, if that's in fact what we decide.... Perhaps we should, as part of our committee business, understand more fully how we would do this as a group.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler

Develop perhaps a best practice—

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Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

I was hoping that the researchers could provide us every week with the names of the women who have gone missing and been murdered since we last met....

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler

I'm more than happy to talk about that under committee business.

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Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Last week, NWAC did a general one. I think we could do it generally.

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NDP

Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

I have a suggestion on that. I think we—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler

I think we should perhaps develop a process, a proper—

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NDP

Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

—should consider it in committee business.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler

Yes. That would be fine.

What I'm going to do is to say thank you very much to our witnesses for your time and for lending us your expertise in this matter. We very much appreciate your being here with us tonight.

[Proceedings continue in camera]