Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon.
Ms. Hitch and Mr. Rozon, a number of the witnesses the committee has met with have told us that many aboriginal women end up being arrested because they were victims of violence who did something about it. After being battered for a very long time, they finally hit their breaking point and turned on their attacker. And very often, these women are charged and put in jail.
The committee has heard repeatedly that the department should definitely conduct not only a gender-based analysis of legislative measures, but also a cultural analysis of the legislative measures specifically affecting aboriginal women and this issue. Has the department undertaken to do that?