Thank you.
We acknowledge that Bill S-2 will not, and is not intended to, address the broad issues of poverty or housing shortages on the reserve. The bill is developed in response to women and men who asked the government to address this inequity. It provides equal rights to the family home and protection for primary caregivers, the majority of whom are women, and their children in situations of family violence, divorce, separation, or the death of a spouse or common-law partner.