Status of Women committee  Thank you. Both Kim and I referred to that because it's a fairly shocking statistic, and it's a complex question. I think poverty and some of the other social determinants do play a role in the vulnerability of women and girls and therefore their vulnerability to violence. I wo

Status of Women committee  The policing services are provided by a mix of provincial and federal—through the RCMP—services across Canada, so it's difficult to generalize to say whether that is in fact a factor. What we heard in the pre-consultation process for the national inquiry is that communities hav

Status of Women committee  I guess I would say the overall funding of $8.4 billion that the government announced is a start to that. Is it adequate? It's difficult to say whether it's adequate. The demands are very high. I think certainly the funding will be able to address a lot of the housing and infra

Status of Women committee  In the last few years, that has been a preoccupation not only in the federal government department but in the provinces and territories as well. Last year there was funding to the National Association of Friendship Centres to do a pan-Canadian awareness mobile platform. It was de

Status of Women committee  That's right.

Status of Women committee  For the pieces identified for indigenous women and girls, the content for a pan-Canadian awareness strategy has not yet been designed. That remains to be seen. There'll be more discussions with the national aboriginal organizations on that. Right now the mobile platform that the

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. Yes, our family violence prevention programming has a couple of aspects. There is the shelters piece, but there's also prevention programming. That's proposal-driven: communities and organizations give us proposals for prevention programs—exactly the

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and honourable members. I thank you for inviting Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada to appear before this committee. My name is Paula Isaak, and I am the assistant deputy minister responsible for education and social development programs and partnership