Anita Neville at the Status of Women Committee

On May 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.

May 30th, 2006 / 10 a.m.

Liberal

Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB

I find the whole report very interesting, but I looked with particular interest at your chapter on aboriginal women, and some of the data that you provided there.

You talk about the number of women who identified themselves as aboriginal being 22% higher than it was in 1996, whereas the non-aboriginal population grew by 3%. Do you attribute that solely to the increased birth rate, or is part of it now due to self-declaration for aboriginal women?

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