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Health committee Thank you for having me today and for considering this issue. I've been researching and thinking about the issue of coerced sterilization for over 10 years now. I want to highlight that indigenous women have been experiencing this issue for much longer than that. I also want to
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee Yes, there were over 1,000.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee Yes.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee I'm saying that, based on my reading of the historical record, a consistent concern of the Canadian government and Indian policy has been to reduce the number of Indians, undermine indigenous connections to the land and reduce expenditures.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee That's right.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee I'll qualify this by saying that you're asking me, so you're getting my opinions. There are laws in Canada for things such as assault, and the very fact that forced sterilization is not considered a crime under existing law is part of the problem. Whether or not a law is put in
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee It's all right, I understand French.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee The majority of my work has been historical. The historical documents that I've looked at show that in those cases, the federal government was able to query those hospital records. I don't have access.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee What steps do I think could improve data reporting? From my understanding, going back at least 10 years, you already have the data. It just needs to be put together in a certain way to present it in terms of knowing the rates of sterilization across the country for aboriginal peo
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote
Health committee I believe you have somebody coming next week who may be able to speak to that more specifically, because my research really focuses on indigenous women.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Karen Stote