Status of Women committee  That's very important; I'm talking about direct line services. Before being a general coordinator, I did direct interventions in the street for five years. You have to be able to respond to immediate needs, which are extremely urgent. I believe a drunk tank in Montreal would be v

Status of Women committee  At the end of the recommendations, you'll find a number of references to research projects that have been done in Canada. We did a research project on the legal system, and a project on HIV/AIDS was conducted for Canada. If we compare that to Montreal, they met with an enormous n

Status of Women committee  Obviously, it's already been said that we have to invest in existing aboriginal resources, but we should also implement programs enabling people from the community to become multiplying agents. They themselves could intervene with their peers. Everything should be funded in a sus

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry, I misunderstood the beginning. That's why I started...the translation.

Status of Women committee  The services have to be adapted and there has to be more harm reduction services. Here's a flagrant example: most housing resources ask the women not to arrive inebriated or intoxicated. The result is that the women go and sleep in the street, in shooting galleries or in at times

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon. My name is Émilie-Cloé Laliberté, and I'm the general coordinator of the Stella organization. Stella was founded in 1995. It's the only organization in Montreal created by and for sex workers. We do an enormous amount of work in the field of health and violence p