Environment committee  I'm Lynne Groulx.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm going to let Amy speak to some of the health aspects of it, but I'm going to speak to the funding part, the money part of it. Damage has been done through colonization, and we are living with a problem that is systemic. We need multiple layers: short-term solutions, medium-t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not sure why they would do that, but I think we would see it as a fundamental breach of human rights and a breach of equity in services.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Again, the Native Women's Association supports Cindy Blackstock's position. We believe that funding is immediately needed. It's a crisis situation. It's a humanitarian situation. The money for protective mechanisms should be put in place immediately to correct these types of prob

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I was fortunate enough to be in Mexico at that conference, and the three countries, Mexico, Canada, and the United States, all have similar problems when it comes to sexual exploitation and human trafficking. The discussion revolved around prevention and the programs that are nee

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much for raising that. I would describe it as a crisis. I've been at NWAC only since November 1. I have a long history of working on indigenous issues, but my observation is that we have an incredible amount of requests coming in from all levels of government and f

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We'll get you a copy.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There is no way of doing so. I believe this is the question. There is no way of protecting them unless there are people to do the work. I think it's a question that needs to be addressed immediately

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, certainly it's not anywhere close to being enough. This is nothing less than a crisis. There are basic services needed immediately. There is enough research. There is enough information. We don't need more pilot projects on this. We need adequate services immediately and the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, when we are out there for our projects, as Amy was saying, we do hear about these other things as well, including sexual assault and even human trafficking. It's something that we are also hearing more about, and we are engaging in some research on that. These issues are ve

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, definitely. They're difficult questions, but we need to talk about them.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it's very important. It's very necessary. Again, maybe there are things that we don't talk about enough. How do we provide the different services that are needed on-reserve versus off-reserve? The capacity to do that is so low, but there's so much expertise inside the org

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll start and then ask Amy to give her comments as well. As you know, NWAC is an advocacy organization. We do a lot of advocacy. We do research as well, and we have been very busy with the missing and murdered indigenous women inquiry and everything around it. Wherever we are,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We're not.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I'll let Amy speak to some of the partnerships we have with Health Canada and others.