What we're trying to address is the challenge that, on reserve, women do not have rights.
I just had a conversation with my son last night. He's 21. I told him what we were working on. He was incredulous that women in this day and age do not have matrimonial property rights. He said, “I hope you can fix that, Mom.” Well, we all hope we can fix it.
But you are talking about the need for off-reserve help. We're talking about ensuring that these women and children don't have to have their lives disrupted, that they get to stay on reserve, if that is their choice. The fact that their marriage breaks up—this happens in the world—doesn't mean that they have to become homeless.
Quite frankly, you and I both know that some of these young women have turned to prostitution just to survive when they go to the city.