Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I thank both witnesses for being with us for the first hour of the meeting.
We are all keen to undertake this study. Organizations like Amnesty International have already denounced the situation of indigenous communities and, more specifically, indigenous women in Canada. Internationally, it remains a stain on Canada's flag.
It is sad to see that, when it comes to the majority of studies we conduct here at committee, indigenous women and girls are always affected disproportionately. We can come back to it, but we did recently conduct a study on human trafficking in Canada, where women and girls are also overrepresented. It's rather troubling. The committee travelled to Vancouver and Halifax last year, and it was troubling to hear the numbers on this subject.
Ms. Varley, you represent a friendship centre, and I think rural and remote communities are impacted. How can these rural and remote communities, as well as indigenous people, receive an alert like the red dress alert?
I wonder if this alert could actually reach every community. I'm thinking specifically of remote regions, where access to communication networks is uneven. I invite Ms. Varley to answer the question, but I also invite you to answer it afterwards, Ms. Jesty.