Oh, okay. Thank you.
I have a comment and then a question.
My colleague across the way asked why we haven't heard a lot about it. I would beg to differ. I think the issue has been very much on the table for a long period of time, and I would say that it's amazing that this is getting as much play at the moment, given the lack of funding for advocacy groups right now, and the fear, on the part of many organizations who are funded by the federal government, to speak out for fear of further retribution. So I thank those of you who are here for being here, and I think this issue has been there at various levels for a long period of time.
I want to ask you something that we haven't quite addressed here. In the late nineties there was an inquiry done by the Minister of Justice at the time. People were involved and met with aboriginal women and dealt with the issue of violence against aboriginal women. I was told by one wise woman who was very intimately involved in these discussions that the reality for many aboriginal women is that incest and violence in their homes is viewed as a norm of life. You may choose to differ with that.
My question to you is this. Is that still the experience that you have--or perhaps not at all--that aboriginal women have come, over the years, to accept violence and incest as how a family operates? If so, what do we do? And if not, good.