Thank you so much, Chair.
I know that some of the committee have talked about the pathway plan. I've actually put forward an Order Paper question to see what funds have gone out the door from the 2021 allotment, because it seems to me that the government is not responding with the urgency that this current situation demands.
One of the committee members talked about return on investment. I'm arguing that the money hasn't yet been invested, and in fact, zero dollars have been invested in the new budget to deal with the crisis of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls. This isn't a concern just for me. AFN, NWAC and National Family and Survivors Circle have also noted inadequate investment and put forward numbers, to no avail. It's certainly a crisis, and the voices of indigenous women seem to constantly be disregarded.
Madame Sirois-Gauthier, you spoke about the failure to achieve or receive free, prior and informed consent from indigenous women around resource extraction.
In your opinion, why do you think there is such a fear to actually get free, prior and informed consent from indigenous women and girls, who seem to be at the front lines of the most acts of violence? Where is this fear coming from?