Status of Women committee  Is there something in the litany of things you are doing—I wrote it down—in or around that, to educate the health care system, saying that if these women choose to have this many children, there shouldn't be a problem with that?

Status of Women committee  For sure. I was interested that the first thing you mentioned off the top as an action that you're taking is a teleconference. Is that going to be a significant enough action to end it? This report—I don't know if it's legitimate or not—says that forced sterilization is still ha

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to our guests for being here today. I found it interesting that right off the top you talked about this being a human rights issue. What do you see as the role of your department in this human rights issue?

Status of Women committee  Have you been in contact at all with the justice department?

Status of Women committee  Do you know if the government is coming forward with a piece of legislation around forced sterilization?

Status of Women committee  Are there any international sanctions that are being placed on us because of this? I know the UN has a litany of condemnation for sterilization. Has there been anything international coming toward us because of this issue?

Status of Women committee  If this were in a wartime situation, we might be accused of crimes against humanity. Would you agree with that?

Status of Women committee  Are you in contact with Global Affairs at all about this?

Status of Women committee  It's interesting. I read two articles from the news media recently. The caption on this one is “Morningstar Mercredi, pictured November 16, 2018, woke up from a surgery at 14 and discovered her developing baby was gone. What remained was an incision...cut without her permission.”

Status of Women committee  Yes. Forced sterilization seems to be just one part of this.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I had a chat with the former head of the Indigenous Physicians Association, and I asked him about his thoughts on it. I'm wary of speaking for him in this forum, but I'd invite the committee to ask him to come in front of us, as well. He said the underlying issue is that there i