One of the things we've mentioned, and in fact the families have said, is that they want the Sisters in Spirit initiative to be done again—it was $2 million per year over five years—because they relied on that initiative. If a family member needed something, they called our office.
These families know they are going to be moving into a time frame of potentially being re-traumatized and revictimized. We saw this again and again in B.C. They have been asking us if we are going to be able to support them through this and be there for them. This is where they call the Sisters in Spirit, to even have that ongoing data analysis and that support for the families. That is the fundamental first step that many families want—the Sisters in Spirit reinstated so that they have somewhere to go and someone to support them, protect them, and speak out for them in this process, to make sure the victims are not put on trial and re-traumatized through this process.
