Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Your question is.... I can't comment about FSIN because I'm not aware of what's happening in your province, sir. However, we know the bill has been redrafted, and we are actually waiting on a legal analysis at the AFN, with the AFN Women's Council. I think I can comment on only t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I thank you for your question, Monsieur Lévesque. In terms of the heart of the issue of gender equality, I want to bring it back to my earlier comment about what colonization has done to our communities. I'm not really qualified to speak of this, but I've heard many speeches o

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I want to address the first part of your question, which is on the gender-balanced analysis and what it means to be culturally relevant. In terms of relevancy, we're also talking about the realities of first nations women. Remoteness is a reality. The economic status of the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think you're ultimately looking for uniformity in first nations, and you won't find it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If your question is whether we can find one lens to look through, the answer is no. We have to respect the different realities of first nations, the realities of urban first nation people, the realities of the Métis.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's how I interpreted your question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I have a couple of comments on the issue of unity and whether we talk in between NAWS summits. The AFN has an MOU with friendship centres, and as a part of our “Make Poverty History” campaign we're able to work with the Canadian Auto Workers Union, which ma

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. We call it the gender balance analysis. What needs to be done, in our view, is that government has to make it a priority in terms of investing in first nations women. At least for the last couple of decades, those of us who have been around have seen progres

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. First of all, how do we ensure that action is taken from NAWS? For our part at the AFN, we're going to continue to push the federal government to provide sustainable funding and resources to adequately engage in that planning process. What is key is an investment of sustai

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. As we all know, NAWS is a strategic kind of forum, so it doesn't really involve those kinds of processes. But in terms of recommendations, I think we talked about a further investment in this process. For us, we have to really make those connections

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, 49 communities.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm sorry, Roger, I'm not clear on the first part of your question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In terms of how you address the women, I don't know if NAWS is that kind of forum for us. In terms of looking at the issue of shelters, for example, those shelters and that $6 million, we have one in our area, out of 49. Ultimately my recommendation is that instead of this comm

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness speaks in her native language] I am a deputy grand chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and am representing the Assembly of First Nations Women's Council today. First of all, I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me here today on behalf of the Assembly of First Natio