Status of Women committee  In an ideal world, it would be great to have safe houses for aboriginal people near the communities, but we know that isn't the case today. I don't think that in a potential long-term action plan, it would be possible to have a safe house or an aboriginal resource. However, sinc

Status of Women committee  I simply want to add something on the issue of the federal and provincial governments. When we live in a province, in Quebec, for example, and you come from an aboriginal community, you often wind up stuck in this opposition between the federal and provincial governments. It's e

Status of Women committee  My name is France Robertson, and I am coordinator for the women's shelter and non-violence file for Quebec Native Women Inc. I've been in this position for eight years. I am an Innu from Mashteuiatsh and, within Quebec Native Women Inc., I deal with a network of women's shelters,