Status of Women committee  We have what we call a community safety planning initiative where we work with indigenous communities. One of the biggest challenges with an indigenous community is their capacity to do the work. There is a lot of teaching that has to happen before they can actually even apply fo

Status of Women committee  The roadblock is the constitution, I would guess. Education curriculums are absolutely a provincial jurisdiction. Each province sets its own school curriculum. They may consult with us in terms of what needs to go on, but it really is not something we could ask them to do.

Status of Women committee  I'm sure they'd be willing, and I shouldn't say we can't ask, because we can ask. It can go about that far. It's such a local responsibility that the provinces exercise on their own. To the extent that they ask for research on issues and want advice on it, we are pleased to give

Status of Women committee  Shirley mentioned the provinces and territories in the communities. I don't want to get technical, but you start dealing with a different jurisdiction, so you have your federal jurisdiction and then your provincial jurisdiction. What we find federally is, yes, we have the Canada

Status of Women committee  For raising awareness, that's an excellent question, because how do you reach them if they're being hidden away? Part of it is through the victim services. Provinces generally operate the victim services and they will do outreach. They will try to identify people who they feel

Status of Women committee  I don't have a lot of specific statistics for you, but in general we find an overrepresentation of indigenous women involved in the human trafficking trade. It's not an international issue. It can be very much domestic. You are also getting women who are involved with drugs and a

Status of Women committee  I would say that you're starting to get into the area of people's personal privacy. In any case, when law enforcement officers want to intercept personal communications, they would usually need a warrant or the authority of a court. You'd have to show reasonable grounds for inter

Status of Women committee  I just want to be clear on the program. You're speaking with respect to the national strategy for the protection of children?

Status of Women committee  That's funding that's allocated to departments. In government we tend to find that a number of departments will work on portions of an issue, and it can be very difficult to coordinate what they're doing and coordinate the programs. Part of the strategy is that the funding goes t

Status of Women committee  I will have to get back to you on that as well.

Justice committee  We don't know how many states participate, but the evidence has shown that there's a lot of public support for having a similar database. There are some concerns about making sure that it's updated, that things like addresses are correct, so that you avoid the wrong person being