Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right now we're calling ours “culturally relevant gender-based analysis”. It may change, but right now that's what it is. It's built on principles. To respond to your question, it's in compliance with the laws of the Creator. Our CRGBA will capture the diversity and different c

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I was telling you earlier, it's about 85% or 95% complete. We are going to be presenting it to Health Canada, and we will be using it on their programs. But we will be fanning it out to our provincial-territorial member associations that are found right across Canada, and they

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There is unity among the women of the various organizations. NAWS 2 is being planned with ITK, with AFN, and with other women, so there is unity. There's no disunity, so to speak. I think the issues you've raised, like the cutting back of funding from Status of Women Canada, all

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Are you asking if the federal government was supportive, or if it is supportive right now?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say a limited partner, yes. Of course we have to develop proposals to get funds to address, for example, Health Canada, with which I'm most familiar. We have to develop proposals and make sure that we're addressing health issues. There were a lot of difficulties with t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm very happy to say that the Native Women's Association of Canada has 95% completed the development of a culturally relevant GBA. We'll be speaking about that with our government partners, we'll be presenting it in full form at NAWS 2, and we will be applying it to programs, po

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Speaking for the Native Women's Association of Canada, we did present to the Senate on Bill C-47. We spoke to the Senate a couple of weeks ago. So yes, we were heard. Our views were heard at that level, anyway. Your first question was about how we ensure that action is taken whe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Kwekwe. Hello, bonjour. As Mr. Devolin said, my name is Claudette Dumont-Smith. I'm Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi community, a community that is located 90 miles directly north of here. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to this committee on this important to