Karen Vecchio at the Status of Women Committee

On November 19th, 2018. See this statement in context.

November 19th, 2018 / 3:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio

I call the meeting to order.

Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 122nd Meeting of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. The meeting is in public today.

Today we will be continuing our study of the system of shelters and transition houses serving women and children affected by violence against women and intimate partner violence.

For this, I am pleased to welcome the panellists for our first section.

We have Eva Kratochvil, Survivor and Front-Line Worker, Hiatus House; Dr. Anita Olsen Harper, Research Consultant, National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence; and Dawn Clark, whom you will also see on the screen, by video conference. Welcome all.

Just as a reminder, you each get seven minutes for your opening statements.

I'm passing the floor to Eva.

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