Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'm not sure that I can fully explain it, but I will take into account—

Status of Women committee  Well, I guess the issue of INAC's responsibility vis-à-vis aboriginal people really derives from class 24 in section 91 of the Constitution. That also links back to the question of where communities are: the land base. The issue of access to the appropriate types of support in ur

Status of Women committee  Indian and Northern Affairs, through its social programs, does provide support to communities and we do fund a program related to prevention of violence against women. We can provide a more detailed response to that question.

Status of Women committee  We find that housing on reserve is not lasting as long as one would expect it to. The pressures of overcrowding and other impacts affect the life expectancy, if you will, of housing. We have to look at it from the angle of the people who are occupying homes and the supports they

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. As for this strategy, we have two programs. First, we have a housing program, through which we provide financial assistance. Also, we have a program to construct shelters for aboriginal women. There are 41 shelters servicing 300 communities. As it

Status of Women committee  Of course, it will take a very long time.

Status of Women committee  I apologize. I will have to get back to you with the detailed figures on that. We sought proposals for housing initiatives--

Status of Women committee  We're still waiting for reports to come back in on those. We can provide all of that.

Status of Women committee  We hope so. But the issue is always finding partners who are willing to adopt this kind of program. Of course, we also need to find the funding. Regardless, we found that this program was really a success.

Status of Women committee  I've been in this job for two and a half years.

Status of Women committee  Yes. It is a very small program, but until now, it has enabled women to find work.

Status of Women committee  In Kuujjuaq and Inukjuak.

Status of Women committee  I visited a shelter in northern Quebec.

Status of Women committee  Yes. If you have not done so already, I would suggest that the AFN has quite a bit to say on this issue.

Status of Women committee  I should point out the role that INAC plays in supporting first nations. We provide funding to enable the communities to deliver housing to their members. So we do maintain an inventory, to the extent that communities report on the data about available housing in communities, and