Thank you.
Yes, this is something that is important in all of the provinces and in Quebec as well. Again, I'm going to reference the numerous supports we have that speak to this and that speak to the importance of indigenous midwifery in improving health outcomes but also as a step toward reconciliation and ensuring that our knowledge and our ways of being are protected and that we provide a protective force for our families. We take care of our families. We work to keep our families together, and midwives play a crucial role in that.
As the previous witness, Ellen Blais, said—and I'm sure as Brenda would speak to, and any indigenous midwife I know—the role we play not just in promoting the well-being of our communities but also in showing the strength of our families and how we can parent our children is crucial to our families' staying together. To the numerous systems in this country that try to take our families apart, it's just showing that we can parent and that we can parent well.