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Status of Women committee Will you have a chance to read our presentation, since we didn't have an opportunity to do that?
June 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Gail Nicholas
Status of Women committee The federal government now has taken child welfare issues and dumped them onto the province, which they can't support either.
June 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Gail Nicholas
Status of Women committee Yes. As I said, we did pass the resolution, which I have a copy of, with NWAC, the national Native Women's Association, to put forth that resolution. We did that last September, and they are working on the study on that. One of the things that came out of that study was that righ
June 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Gail Nicholas
Status of Women committee Yes, definitely. There are the same problems here also. I think community members who are in those child welfare positions try as much as they can to have the families on reserve. But there don't seem to be any programs that invite native people to become foster parents. I'd like
June 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Gail Nicholas
Status of Women committee It's frustrating for me to see that. In the United States, it's a federal law that you have to follow the Indian Child Welfare Act in the placements. We don't have that in Canada.
June 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Gail Nicholas
Status of Women committee Good morning. My name is Gail Nicholas. I'm Maliseet from Tobique First Nation, a proud elder from Tobique First Nation. I'm the vice-president of the New Brunswick Aboriginal Women's Council. I'm also the director of the Wabanaki Women's Council, and we have Wabanaki women's gat
June 4th, 2010Committee meeting
Gail Nicholas