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 terr

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  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 Decemb

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

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  Yes.

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, t

Health committee  Thank you for the question. The only information we have is based on the stories people tell us. Regarding injustices experienced in the communities, you have to understand that women do not always talk about the birth experiences they have had. They don't often confide in anyon