In reference to the court challenges program, we need that court challenges program, particularly in the north, because we are so marginalized. Marginalized women have no other way of gaining access to the courts.
In the Yukon we have one neighbourhood law centre that will do civil challenges, but its funding is about to be cut as well. So there are no other avenues for marginalized women, whether aboriginal or immigrant, of which there's a rising number in the north.
There's no way for poor women to access the courts. They can't afford lawyers. For change to be made and for inequalities to be rectified, women need access to the courts. It's going to have a huge impact.