Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Absolutely. The women's program is very focused on working with and supporting collaborations and partnerships. For us, it's a key ingredient of sustainability. It allows communities to take into consideration their own circumstances, identify the recipes that will work for them,

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  I'm sorry. I misunderstood your question. We could certainly tell you about our involvement in the family violence initiative, which is what I believe you are referring to. This has been mentioned as the secretariat that is trying to coordinate this issue. We could speak to that

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  We tend to approach projects in a thematic manner. For instance, we launched a call for proposals for projects specifically addressing the issues in rural and remote communities. As a result of that, we funded a dozen projects within aboriginal communities that are focusing on ge

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  A national action plan would not be within our purview. Political decisions would have to be taken on whether there should be a national action plan and where it should go. I'm not sure I can offer much more on this issue.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Thank you. My name is Linda Savoie. I am the Director General of the Women's Program and Regional Operations at Status of Women Canada. I am joined today by my colleague Sébastien Goupil, Director General, Policy and External Relations. It will be my pleasure to describe to you

Status of Women committee  I'd have to get back to you on that. I'm doing a review of our aboriginal-specific projects.

Status of Women committee  I don't have a specific project I would refer to, but we always try to—

Status of Women committee  Yes, certainly. On the shelter side, we're trying—

Status of Women committee  One of our concerns is always trying to address root causes, whether of violence or of poverty. One tool to address root causes is to invest in leadership projects whereby women are themselves equipped to address these barriers to their financial, social, and economic success. S

Status of Women committee  There were two projects. The first one was solely funded through Status of Women Canada. The second one, which was the result of the identification of a need that surfaced during the course of the first project, is a joint collaboration between Justice and Status of Women Canada.

Status of Women committee  I agree with Suzanne Clément that this is definitely one of the most efficient means we've found to work with shelters across Canada. We've also undertaken some other targeted actions. For instance, a couple of years ago we launched a call for proposals. We asked specifically f

Status of Women committee  You mentioned a project of approximately $1.2 million provided by the Status of Women Canada to the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent in Montreal. In fact, this project ended more than a year ago. As part of the project, we noticed that aboriginal communities were often going to t

Status of Women committee  It's a physical document. When the “Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector”, which applies to all public servants, was launched, we accompanied it with our own code of conduct. It examined issues that our employees had told us were more relevant to them. It complements the

Status of Women committee  Of course we are in very different circumstances, being 90 employees in total. Everyone has multiple responsibilities. We do not have a dedicated person who does only that. Our approach has been to integrate our values and ethics, respect for people's values, and harassment dis

Status of Women committee  I'm not sure I'm getting the question, I'm afraid.