Health committee  To be clear, a class action becomes that when it is certified, and so at this point, it's a putative class action, and we're going through the preliminary stages of getting that action certified. I have spoken with.... At this point I've lost count.

Health committee  There are dozens of women, over 100.

Health committee  They all are.

Health committee  No.

Health committee  They are interim supports in the way of crisis counselling.

Health committee  I presented to the United Nations Committee Against Torture in November. I was 32 weeks pregnant, and I flew to Geneva to deliver the voices of these women so that they might help provide some recommendations so that Canada might know what to do about this atrocity. Thankfully, they listened, and they issued these recommendations.

Health committee  I don't purport to speak for Canadian society, but I can say that impunity often results in a perpetuation of that which is going unpunished, not surprisingly. We know this because we've heard of the historical occurrences and now know that this has happened as recently as December 2018.

Health committee  That's a very big question. I would have to ask them.

Health committee  None.

Health committee  Not to my knowledge or my clients' knowledge.

Health committee  I am aware of none.

Health committee  No.

Health committee  Thank you for inviting me to present today, on behalf of my clients, the brave indigenous women who have painfully shared their experiences of forced sterilization to protect other women from the same experiences. I would like to first acknowledge the land, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, and express my gratitude to them for allowing us to gather here.