Okay.
In 2007 the report states that aboriginal communities and organizations, as well as mainstream organizations and service providers, have long asserted that aboriginal women experience significantly greater rates of violence than non-aboriginal women in Ontario, and that many intersecting factors related to these levels of violence are unique for aboriginal women because they are directly related to such ongoing historical factors as colonialism, the impacts of residential schools, discriminatory provisions under the Indian Act, lack of recognition of Métis identity, and the residual effects of related community trauma, such as mental illness and poverty.
I'll skip forward because I have a few more pages. I'll just jump to my conclusions.
While we can continue to exchange data on the alarming statistics of violence against aboriginal women and girls across Canada, at some point in time we need to stop talking and put things into place, get things done, and seriously work to significantly reduce all forms of violence against aboriginal women and girls.
The NAFC fully supports the ongoing work of the Native Women's Association of Canada and in particular the Sisters in Spirit initiative.
I hope that serious attention will be given to the proposed framework that resulted from the 2007 Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres and Ontario Native Women's Association summit.
The friendship centre movement remains a willing and competent partner in all efforts to combat, prevent, and reduce violence against Canadian aboriginal women and girls.
Thank you. Woliwon.