Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Thank you. It's a great pleasure being here, and my colleague Katharine Irngaut is here with me as well. She manages our violence and abuse prevention department. It's wonderful to see friends here. Mr. Saganash, it's a great pleasure to have you here as the representative for N

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  We participate at many levels. We work with the provinces and territories on a subcommittee of the aboriginal affairs working group. We participated last November in the National Aboriginal Women's Summit III and collaboratively developed a number of recommendations. One in parti

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Thank you. I mentioned that our board initially thought that any resources required or devoted to such an undertaking could really be better spent on an emergency basis in Inuit communities. They felt that if they had a choice, that would be their preference. More than 70% of wo

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  If I may, I'd like to follow up more specifically on child sexual abuse. Each of the four Arctic regions has now completed an Inuit health survey, which included household questions and also experiences of childhood sexual abuse. In the one in Nunavik, we know that 44% of respo

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Would our sister in B.C. like to go ahead? My mike is on, so I would say yes.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  I don't want to sound like a broken record, but with a clearly defined and sufficiently broad scope, mandate, and inclusion of Inuit women, yes. Thank you.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  No, it wouldn't stop such a process. Shelters are a critical need, but they're not even a band-aid on the solution. They're a way to save lives, hopefully, but they're far from the response that's required. With regard to shelters, the federal government does provide some fundi

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Thank you. We have had long and strong working relationships with a number of departments. One of the keys to our expertise is very close relations with people in the communities who tell us what's needed. There's a great need for plain language information in English and more t

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  I can speak specifically about an economic development project that we just completed. We worked with AANDC primarily—and Status of Women did want to partner with us because they thought it was very important. We wanted to develop a model that could be used in other regions. Wha

Justice committee  Thank you very much. I'd like to thank the chair, the co-chairs, and committee members for inviting us to appear today. I'm very grateful for Mr. Kennedy's words. I'll be speaking to similar issues. For members who may not be familiar with Pauktuutit, the organization has jus

Justice committee  Do we still have a moment?

Justice committee  Another time, thank you.

Justice committee  Thank you. I appreciate the question. The point I wanted to add earlier is that at the present time Pauktuutit does not have a working relationship with Justice Canada or with Public Safety Canada, and we were not able to consult. Pauktuutit is one organization, but it does h

Justice committee  We haven't had the capacity or the resources to do a thorough analysis of the bill. I would say that without adequate resources, I don't see how whatever enhanced protections there may be can be implemented in remote communities that lack even basic services and resources.

Status of Women committee  Good morning. Ullakut. Thank you for your invitation. I don't speak much French. I would like to bring greetings and best wishes from Rebecca Kudloo, who's our president. She lives in Baker Lake, Nunavut, and is not able to be here today. She very much appreciates this oppor