Status of Women committee  Yes, the hardest is that, number one, Inuit women look after their own families, their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren. They are in overcrowded homes. The other part is that when our elders have to be placed away from home, they are thousands of miles away, and people don't have the financial means to go and visit people who are placed down here in Ottawa, for instance, because of the financial cost.

Status of Women committee  Qujannamiik, Madam Chair. Ulaakut, members of Parliament, Chair, Co-Chair, guests and staff. My name is Anita Pokiak, and I'm pleased to be here with you today on behalf of our president, Rebecca Kudloo. I am a member of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada's board of directors from Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, representing the western Arctic.