Ms. Lisa J. Smith at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On April 8th, 2022. See this statement in context.

April 8th, 2022 / 2:20 p.m.

Senior Director, Governance, International and Parliamentary Relations, Native Women's Association of Canada

Thank you for the question, honourable member.

I will discuss NWAC's action plan. It's called “Our Calls, Our Actions”. NWAC is striving to implement the calls for justice under the MMIWG. In terms of housing, we are looking to develop a prototype for an affordable and culturally appropriate housing model on or off reserve.

At this juncture, I will highlight that we do have a healing lodge in Chelsea, Quebec. We're really getting into that land-based healing and we're seeing wonderful results. We're also set to open up another resiliency lodge in New Brunswick.

That's what NWAC is looking to do in terms of our action plan on this subject.

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