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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning, honourable committee members, and thank you for inviting NWAC to speak to this important bill. First I would like to acknowledge that we are gathering on unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin nation. I feel very comfortable here today, becaus

October 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think what has happened throughout is that the Native Women's Association of Canada has done so much work with the women that we have the heartbeat of the women in general, and I think it would be really horrible if we were not able to bring the knowledge of what we gathered th

October 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

October 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

October 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not quite sure. I just came in in July. I haven't had the opportunity yet, but I know it's in the talks that we will be talking to them.

October 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This is a step in the right direction, but again, without representative representation on the board, I don't know how it could achieve any rights-based approaches at the end of the day. I think a culturally relevant gender-based analysis needs to be applied to everything this

October 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just to add to that, this morning I wanted to bring an elder with me. I think it's important for elders to play a part in anything we do, especially anything that we do in public.

October 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

Justice committee  Good afternoon, honourable committee members. I will begin my remarks by acknowledging that we are gathered on unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin nation, my homeland. NWAC takes two key positions on Bill C-28. First, Parliament must address the system

October 20th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

Justice committee  First of all, I think we have to take into consideration that every first nation has their own way of dealing with justice issues. I would see in different situations different ways of healing. I know for NWAC, right now we're looking at resiliency lodges, which I think is going

October 20th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride

Justice committee  I find that what we are suffering with in our communities is the lack of healing resources that would help our community, our women. We just don't have enough financial resources to bring in what we need. Our people have been through a lot. These residential school people are co

October 20th, 2022Committee meeting

Grand Chief Carol McBride