Thank you, Madam Chair.
First of all, I saw a program on CBC two or three months ago that showed aboriginal women across Canada working the streets. We clearly saw racism, sexism and even abuse against these women. It wasn't committed by other aboriginal individuals, but by whites. Earlier one of you, I don't remember who, talked about preventing mistreatment. That may be intended for aboriginal people, of course, but I believe it could also be intended for communities located near aboriginal reserves, where women often go. Here we're talking about Vancouver, but I could also tell you about towns in northern Quebec. Women leave the reserves and go into those towns. That's where a lot of things start.
We were talking about abuse prevention. Are we also looking at the awareness component, information from white communities near those reserves? I don't believe the culture has changed a lot between dominant and dominated communities, even today.