Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  For example, they just opened their very first chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, in Rwanda. They have never needed it before. In their culture, they drink milk. This has become an issue in this next generation and they are having to address it now. One of the psychologists I

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. This one psychologist who I am so impressed by asked me a number of times.... But he has no interest in coming to live here. He wants to just come and.... He's the one who works in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Because it's so new, he doesn't really know a lot about it, s

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Right. Basically, it's how do you make those connections? How do you make those partnerships?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for inviting me.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  You asked me if I had met any Canadians who were doing work there. In fact, one of the guys I met was actually with HOPEthiopia but was in Rwanda. He found it very, very difficult partly because of the trust issue. It takes a long time, and that's the problem with sending outside

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In the Congo, if it ever ends.... The conflict there seems to go on and on and on, and I don't know how many millions of people have been killed, not to mention raped. I am very impressed with a lot of the people in Rwanda who are working on this issue, Rwandans who have done so

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. We already see that it's flowing over into the Congo. That's where the génocidaires are. There are skirmishes across the border all the time. So yes, for sure it could happen again. It wouldn't surprise me.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yikes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think it just comes down to the fact that a lot of the hatreds between people come from ignorance and a lack of education. I suppose one thing Canada could do is support education around the world, and I guess listen to the warning signs. We knew what was going on in Rwanda, bu

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Here or abroad?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't think it's a secret that this government has cut everything, or many things, unfortunately. We tend to support...well, aid countries that have something that we need, such as oil. In the case of Rwanda, what do they have? Nothing. Any journalism thing that I've done thr

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I spoke to one group that supports some of these people. As I said, it's all very ad hoc and not very organized in terms of groups working together. There will be a group helping a group of people, and then in another part of the country there won't be any help at all. They have

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In Rwanda?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't think I saw any. I don't think Rwanda is one of Canada's core countries or focus countries; I don't know what the key word is now. I'm sure there must be some Canadians there, but as I said, Rwanda is the kind of country where.... For example, their health minister is th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Here in Canada? I'm not that familiar with it, but I have done some stories in the past with regard to the psychological support services being cut. In fact, I work at the courthouse full time, and one of the security guards there is a Rwandan woman whom I got talking to. She sai