Thank you, Madam Chair.
I really appreciate this, because it's a lot in my province that this has been happening. It absolutely is a concern to the communities throughout our region.
There's one thing I wasn't aware of until...and I'm glad you brought it to the surface, that we are scheduled to report to the United Nations.
I'm wondering if I could do a proposed amendment. It's a little different, but perhaps you could consider it.
The proposed amendment, in light of this information that we have received, is that:
Whereas the government is already scheduled to report to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women, that the government ensure that the report shall also be submitted to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, and that the NGOs such as Amnesty International have access to the said report.
I understand that we are intending, in December, to report to the United Nations, so....