Mr. Speaker, I will start by saying again that a mistake has been by the government. Will the government do the morally right thing and restore funding?
I will talk again about the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal. The executive director explains:
Your mother didn't go but your grandmother went [to residential schools], so she couldn't raise your mother. It trickles down, and it has resulted in loss of dignity, loss of parenting skills, loss of community, loss of traditional ceremonies.
She states that the people who have suffered these losses cannot be helped by traditional Western healing. She says:
If you carry a lot of grief, your doctor won't prescribe a sweat lodge. But we do, and the women who participate can speak their traditional language and sing traditional songs. It's about releasing the pain in a healthy environment. They come back--