Thank you for your question. I know there was another question asked, and I would like to build on what was already said.
However, in regard to criteria or other supports that could be extended, I just want to give an example of something that had been done to address missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in British Columbia. As a commitment to truth and reconciliation, Rogers Communications placed three towers along Highway 16.
Highway 16 is known as the “Highway of Tears” due to the high number of indigenous women and girls reported missing from the highway. I just want to make note of that.
Also, around other supports that could be extended, there was a conversation or a question asked about how we reach communities that may not have access to cellphones or that type of technology. I feel like we really need to be looking at the intersectionality of overlapping oppressions that impact our communities and, more so, our indigenous women and girls.
I think there are lots of supports that can be extended, and through that what is really needed are the human, technological and fiscal capacities within our communities to address the issues.
Non-status and off-reserve communities have felt the greatest impact of these colonial policies. I think to ensure that we are keeping our communities safe, there need to be more measures in regard to economic, social, cultural and political advancement within our communities to address the ongoing violence that our indigenous women and girls and two-spirit and gender-diverse people are facing.
I'm not sure if that answers your question.