Evidence of meeting #125 for Status of Women in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was shelter.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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NDP
Sheila Malcolmson NDP Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC
Thank you, Chair.
I have a motion. I propose that the words “and that the meeting be—”
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NDP
Sheila Malcolmson NDP Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC
It's an amendment. It would read: “and that the meeting be televised”.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
Okay.
Are there any further questions or comments?
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Is there any further debate on the main motion to have the minister appear before February 19, 2019?
(Motion negatived)
Let's see where we're at for timing.
Sonia, I'm going to give you only one question, because I'm looking at the time. I know you've been patient, so we're going to put the clock on you for a couple of minutes. Go ahead.
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Sonia Sidhu Brampton South, Lib.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you all for being here and for your testimony.
Ms. Kudloo, do you think the project “Engaging Inuit Men and Boys” is making a difference?
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President, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
I think so. It's been very popular. We try to go to as many communities as we can with the funding that we get. I think at least 30 men usually show up, which is a high number in a small community. There's been a lot of interest, and also the land claims presidents I sit with at ITK have been very interested in bringing more of that into their community.
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Brampton South, Lib.
We heard from Viviane Michel on the previous panel that women mostly love their partners but don't like their behaviour, so that kind of counselling is going to benefit the 51 communities.
Have you heard about the 24-hour Talk4Healing helpline? Some communities have a helpline for women. Are they in all communities, or only some of them?
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Senior Policy Advisor, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
I know that there are obviously some national helplines. I'm not sure how many of them would have Inuktitut and the different dialects available to women calling. We also have to remember that a lot of women don't have access to a phone. I mean, obviously some do, but there are people who do not. In times of crisis, maybe that's something that could be taken away from them.
So it's great, and I definitely see value in a helpline, but if you're in a critical situation in a remote community thousands of kilometres away and you require immediate help, it's nowhere near good enough.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
Great.
On behalf of the committee, Shar, Rebecca and Samantha, thank you for coming. You've given us some wonderful information.
Just as a reminder, on Wednesday, December 5, the committee will meet to discuss the following. We will be looking at the work plan and the press release for the study on senior women, as well as the drafting instructions to the analysts for the study on shelters and transition houses. We will also have discussions about the next steps for the draft report on the barriers facing women.
See you on Wednesday.
The meeting is adjourned.