Madam Speaker, the government has also actively supported the National Aboriginal Women's summits, NAWS I and II, where the areas identified for action were leadership, health and safety, empowerment and honour. Through a number of government departments and agencies, including Status of Women Canada, the government has been working with aboriginal organizations. There are many challenges and this is a subject that has been looked at by many people across the spectrum, so we will make progress on this file.
In the House of Commons on December 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.