Status of Women committee  Yes, if it's not a gun, it will be something else. Suicides in the communities are not committed using guns. In every case, the victims hang themselves. And people don't hang themselves using ropes they have bought; they use anything that is at hand--

Status of Women committee  Well, some communities that were receiving funding previously are no longer getting any. I can cite the example of a community where there were four resource persons working as a result of that funding. Those resources disappeared on April 1, 2010. They were resources in such are

Status of Women committee  In general, I think it will because we have open wounds. People went before adjudicators and relived the memories of what had happened to them in the residential schools in terms of sexual abuse and violence. What support are we giving these people in the communities? That is th

Status of Women committee  I would like to come back to what you said about funding through the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. You were saying that funds for certain services are allocated to Health Canada. But previously, the money was allocated directly to the communities. The money was there for structu

Status of Women committee  I will try to answer all your questions. I took notes as you were speaking. There are certain realities when it comes to the communities. You talked about education and certification. We need our own structures. It has to start from the grassroots, from our own economic developme

Status of Women committee  Could you repeat your question? There are several parts to it.

Status of Women committee  I would say it is prevention. You named a number of programs and initiatives that have been implemented. Often money is given to the communities and things do get done. Everything happening in the communities is not necessarily negative. One example would be community healing. T

Status of Women committee  As you say, we mentioned that there are few or no resources available in the communities. I don't know whether you are aware of this, but the annual budget per community is about $18,000 to combat violence, specifically for violence prevention. It has been that way for a number o