Status of Women committee  Will we be able to get a copy of that report?

Status of Women committee  In those areas, if they were tackled and if those fiduciary responsibilities followed us from the reserve to the urban centre, if we had all of those at our disposal for most of the time it would have made a lot of difference for a lot of people living here in the urban setting.

Status of Women committee  It is not happening because a lot of the funding that reserves have for their people will be given first to people who are living on the reserve, first and foremost. That's the way most chiefs and councils operate. I know because I've lived on a few and worked on a few different

Status of Women committee  They still get the educational allowance. They get the housing allowance or the portion for housing, and they get a portion for social development or social assistance as well. So even though you're not living on that reserve, you're still getting your allotment going to that res

Status of Women committee  You know, I don't want to disrespect chiefs and councils that are on reserve....

Status of Women committee  About a solution? Yes, it would help a lot. For me, because my family placed a lot of value on education, and because my mom and dad educated all of us and helped us the most they could to get educated...if they couldn't afford it, then we had to pull student loans. Because I g

Status of Women committee  Yes, it would have. That's what many first nations people were hoping for. That's what we were counting on and it never happened.

Status of Women committee  When it comes to housing, employment, and shelter, yes, a lot of that perpetuates a lot of the abuse. It all ties in together. The housing here is unbelievable. People are spending anywhere between $1,000 and $1,200 for a three-bedroom, with just a main level. Plus, with the ut

Status of Women committee  Yes. And they're kicking out a lot of single mothers who are trying to make something of themselves by going to school or seeking minimum-wage jobs. A lot of them are doing that and trying to help themselves. Yet you have this company coming in and literally throwing seniors out

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Can you go to the people who are in charge of the Criminal Code of Canada and--

Status of Women committee  --look at that? Because that's not right either. That's not right, especially when the woman has been threatened and the RCMP say it's all her fault when that's not the case.

Status of Women committee  At Cumberland House, where I was a health director for many years, at one time when we wanted to partner and build a health centre together, because of jurisdictional issues and other political issues as well, it became impossible.

Status of Women committee  They've always put it on the health issue front. They always have. They always put it on our plate, and they have always said, well, because this person needs transportation, it should be coming from the health budget. A lot of our health budget, I think 75% at that time, went to

Status of Women committee  You asked about how a woman faces repercussions from phoning in. I worked as a health worker at Cumberland House for many years and I did have to work with women when they were going to court. They'd ask me to go in there and help support them. As for what they were going throug