In November of this year, Senator Murray Sinclair said that when he was documenting stories for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report on the legacy of residential schools, this issue came up in the hearings in Saskatchewan. He suggested there was a need for an evaluation of the child welfare system and its involvement in this horrific practice.
I wonder if you could give your thoughts—the department's thoughts—on the role that the child welfare system has played in women being coerced to be sterilized.