Status of Women committee  Oh, it has. Okay. The issue I want to address is that in this situation, again the voices of aboriginal women were not listened to, and that lack of respect does lead to violence against aboriginal women. I think you've heard that repeatedly over the course of the morning, and

Status of Women committee  I agree that judicial education is key. We've talked a lot about education of police and so on, but I think because judges obviously play such a huge role in the justice system, they also need to receive specialized training and education on violence against aboriginal women. I

Status of Women committee  There's an issue that is quite similar to the application of matrimonial property legislation on first nations reserves, and that's the issue of provincial family violence legislation. That's an area I've done quite a bit of research on. That was actually going to be my concrete

Status of Women committee  Thanks. I think I'll start with your second and third questions and then come back to the first one about my recommendations. I haven't done specific research on the impact of the government's new crime bills on aboriginal women, but I do think it's fair to say the following, b

Status of Women committee  Okay. Maybe in the questions I can get to some of my specific recommendations.

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  I just want to thank the committee very much for this opportunity to speak to you today. It's a real honour. I'm an associate professor in the faculty of law at the University of Calgary. I'm also a former crown prosecutor. I worked for many years in the Northwest Territories, a