No. I'm not doing my speech.
That's why, within the Public Service Alliance national aboriginal peoples circle, we're determined to take the societal condition to the forefront. We're determined to make a difference to the societal condition of aboriginal people through political action. That's where I fit in.
The national aboriginal peoples circle of the Public Service Alliance has embarked on numerous lobbying efforts. We recently went to Ottawa and made a lobby day effort last fall, which was very successful. We hosted a number of letter-writing campaigns in support of the Native Women's Association Sisters In Spirit campaign and initiative. We also embarked on a post-card campaign, which some of you may have seen. It was a direct response to the apology, that sometimes sorry is not enough. We focused that on the Sharon McIvor case and the inaction toward the Kelowna accord.
So through these community and national campaigns we were able to draw people's attention to aboriginal poverty and the crisis of our drinking water; and provide a unified voice from a diverse community--our Public Service Alliance first nation, Inuit, and Métis members. We come together so we can increase our involvement at all levels within our community to empower each other and advance our basic human right to live a life without violence against aboriginal women.
I'll end it there, because I'll go into more depth. My role is to bring light to issues such as violence against aboriginal women.