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Evidence of meeting #14 for Status of Women in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was lot.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #14 for Status of Women in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was lot.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Policy Director, National Association of Friendship Centres
There are a number of reasons. The first reason is because the urban population is increasing and continues to increase year after year. There are always new people coming into the urban settings. For me, I guess, it always comes back to the lack of continuity in the organization's ability to provide continual programming.
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Conservative
Lois Brown Conservative Newmarket—Aurora, ON
But what you're really saying is that violent men are then bringing their violent practices into the urban centres.
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Policy Director, National Association of Friendship Centres
I wouldn't say that. I would say that aboriginal men who are seeking to be healed are coming to the centres to find some help.
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Conservative
Lois Brown Conservative Newmarket—Aurora, ON
But over 15 years you're saying we haven't seen a decrease—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I'm sorry, Ms. Brown. We've ended the session now.
Thank you very much, Mr. Saulis, Ms. Compton, and Ms. Mann, for giving us your time and for answering very many new questions that were asked of you today. You shed a lot of light on this issue. I want to thank you very much.
We will now suspend, because we have 20 minutes in which to finish a lot of business that must be finished today.
[Proceedings continue in camera]