With the Native Women's Association of Canada, our concern is that the removal of the word “equality” makes the assumption that all women have equal rights in this country. I said earlier in my speech that it's important to note that aboriginal women today do not have the same rights as every other woman, especially with regard to matrimonial property rights on reserve and the ability to lodge a human rights complaint while living on reserve. So those are two very critical rights that every other woman has that aboriginal women do not.
On December 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.