Status of Women committee  I would say that being a minister of the Crown does not give anybody omnipotent knowledge of any situation. I would also say that the minister of the Crown who made that statement really does not understand the reality. As I said in my opening statements, the Iroquois society is a matrilineal society.

Status of Women committee  I have.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. She:koh sewakwe:koh. I'm the elected chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River. I put a written submission in to the clerk back on April 25, so you have that in your package. In general, my remarks are going to be representing the Iroquois Caucus. The Iroquois Caucus is an independent organization representing 70,000 Six Nations people in Canada.