Wela'lin.
Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to answer the question.
We had signed an accord with the Crown in 2019, saying that we would be sitting at the tables with our other INOs so that we would be able to be included, as we do represent and we do advocate for the women and girls and our 2SLGBTQQIA+ community. I feel that being a part of that and sitting at the table answers the questions of our grassroots women.
As you know with a national inquiry and the finding of there being a genocide, it certainly makes it difficult for me as a leader if I'm not at the table speaking and advocating for the women and defending their rights. This is what I'm asked to do on their part. We certainly need to be at the tables and to be included. It's from the lens and the views of the indigenous women. Our society has been run in a matrilineal way, where the women have been the leaders in the system and in the group. When we're excluded from the table, it makes it difficult for us to be able to truly start putting our voices at the table, speaking for the women.