Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. My first recommendation is simply stop studying, start implementing. We must stop conducting studies. Studies have been done for a number of years. There was Ms. Arbour's study and several others prior to that. There was the study of the Canadian

Status of Women committee  I have no numbers; I have none. There is no study—

Status of Women committee  Based on my background and experience at the commission as Chief Commissioner, there is a difference in how female police officers address and manage things relating to female inmates. That's clear. The responsiveness or the connection between the two groups is significantly easi

Status of Women committee  I'm not sure whether it's a matter of prejudice or a difference in approach. The relationship is perhaps easier between women. As I was saying in my remarks, it is important to keep in mind the historic trauma of women, often victims of all sorts of abuse, such as physical and ps

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon, everybody. I will make my remarks in French and English—in both languages. Thank you very much for inviting the Canadian Human Rights Commission to take part in your study on indigenous women in the federal justice and correctional systems. Allow me to introduc

Justice committee  Sorry, can you repeat that?

Justice committee  As I mentioned in my speech, in fact, people can complain about the situation if it's linked to something else as a disability. We have around 20 file inquiries or complaints about genetic discrimination, but they are related to something else also; disability, race, or—

Justice committee  If it didn't relate to another ground, for sure.

Justice committee  The answer is yes. If it doesn't link to something else, such as disability or race, yes.

Justice committee  It could be, for sure. I would say that, and I said that before the Senate committee. Canada is actually far behind in terms of protecting the discrimination about genetic discrimination. We should not think that it's just about discrimination. It's about health and security for

Justice committee  Merci, Mr. Chair, honourable members. Thank you for inviting the Canadian Human Rights Commission to speak before your committee on Bill S-201, an act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination. I would like to introduce my colleagues, Fiona Keith, counsel for the commissi