Welcome to the 76th hearing of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.
First I want to apologize to all of our witnesses. Because of the votes that are a part of life for members of Parliament, we have to change our schedule completely.
If the members of the committee are in agreement, we will now hear all of our witnesses. We expect the bells for the vote to begin to ring at 4:30 p.m. I'm asking for the unanimous consent of the committee so that we may continue to sit during the first 10 minutes after the bells begin to ring. We've made sure that we have shuttle buses waiting to take the members to the House. By doing that, we will be able to prolong the meeting until 4:40 p.m., which will give us enough time to hear all of our witnesses' opening statements.
If the representatives of the Native Women's Association of Canada can make their presentation in eight minutes, and if the other witnesses can make theirs in four minutes, we will have enough time to hear all of our witnesses.
You may also table your written documents with the committee, if the translation can be done fairly quickly.
Seeing no objections, I am going to yield the floor to our esteemed guests.
We will begin with the Native Women's Association of Canada. We welcome Michèle Audette, President, and Teresa Edwards, Director of International Affairs and Human Rights.
You have eight minutes. You have the floor.