Status of Women committee  Thank you. I appreciate your question. We have to acknowledge racism, institutional racism and racism in our daily lives. There are no nice and neat finite steps that can be taken, but there is a lot that can be done. For Inuit women, I think it also has to be acknowledged tha

Status of Women committee  Thank you. It's critical--it's critical--and I would like to share with you a couple of examples of the need for distinct and unique approaches. There are 26 communities in Nunavut spread very broadly. It's not possible to have a full web of support services in a community of

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'd be happy to jump in. Thank you for your comments. We would certainly agree. We understand anecdotally that a significant amount of this $10 million will be going to policing, which is an important piece of the picture in trying to ensure women's safety, but we ce

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. I'm happy to add to that and answer your question. We have been actively trying to follow up with the Department of Justice, and we haven't been able to get a meeting yet. We understand they are still looking at how they will administer it. I'd like to just

Status of Women committee  It would be my pleasure. One of our primary concerns in raising awareness of the issue, increasing awareness and encouraging public dialogue, is that there are no services, by and large, in the communities for children who may disclose. So there has to be a careful approach. In

Status of Women committee  Yes, I will.

Status of Women committee  That's right.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. We'd like to begin by thanking you, Dr. Fry, the co-chairs, and members of this committee for providing us with this opportunity to address this very important issue. We also bring greetings from Elisapee Sheutiapik, Pauktuutit's president, who was not able