Status of Women committee  I just want to ensure that when you're having people leave their communities because of violence, you need to understand that when they come to an urban setting, they're losing culture, and culture is important. I work with young families who are living in an urban setting, and

Status of Women committee  We have an Atlantic organization. We do not have a provincial one because the fifteen bands have broken up into twelve and three. So we have UNBI, the Union of New Brunswick Indians, and then we have the Mawiw Tribal Council. So when they meet, they meet with UNBI and then they m

Status of Women committee  There are 22,000, if you're asking about status Indians, not including non-status. I don't know what the population of New Brunswick is.

Status of Women committee  Yes. If they make changes to policies, we are not consulted, and if we are consulted, we are consulted after the fact. If you look at the health blueprint that was done by the Province of New Brunswick, you will see that the aboriginal people were excluded from that process alto

Status of Women committee  At the same time, when you read through the recommendations, some of them don't have a dollar attached to them. I'm 34 years old. After high school and university, I settled down and realized I was having a family and I wanted to work for my people. So I've been doing this for th

Status of Women committee  Could I just add one thing to what Natalie was saying? In reference to the second-stage housing, Gignoo did get three units this year for the first time. So we do have three second-stage units, but they are new. There were federal-provincial dollars to build these units, but the

Status of Women committee  I'm with both organizations.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I'm the board president. I'll introduce myself.

Status of Women committee  Good morning. My name is Sarah Rose. I'm from the St. Mary's First Nation, which is just across the river from here. I hope you have a chance to visit it before you leave. Welcome to Maliseet territory. I'm a mother of three; I have a nine-year-old, a three-year-old, and a two-