Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you for allowing me to express myself in my own language. As you know, language and culture are essential parts of identity.
Chief Toulouse, Darlene and Karen, thank you very much for being here this morning. I am very moved by your testimonies. During our tour, we've seen that problems are the same everywhere. However, solutions cannot be the same because situations are very different.
You were saying that some of your organizations are not subsidized and do not receive core funding. You also said that you are not members of the Native Women's Association of Canada. Could you tell me why you don't receive core funding and why you are not members of that association?
I would like to talk about organizations. Most often, there are no roads to serve aboriginal communities. How do you manage? Do these communities have access to drinking water, quality food staples, basic school and medical services, core services that every community should have access to? If they don't have access to these types of services, violence can become more prevalent. It's even worse when people live in grinding poverty; violence is even more prevalent.
You talked about shelters and you said that we should also keep in mind the perpetrators. Are you referring to holistic centres that care for the entire family, both victims and perpetrators? Could you tell me more about that?
Chief Toulouse, I understood your first two recommendations, but I couldn't understand the third one because you were talking too fast. Could you repeat it please? Thank you for making clear recommendations. That's crucial.
Could you also go back to the policies that are doing more harm than good? You talked about bills and I would like you to go back to them.
I have a lot of questions and not enough time.