Status of Women committee  Everywhere you go across the country, everybody will have their own strengths and solutions on what works within their community. My go-to is always to look for the women and the community. You start there and expand from that point, because they're the ones who are going to know

Status of Women committee  I think it should be part of their corporate social responsibility to make those investments, given that they profit off whatever industry they're doing. I would have liked to see them do it on their own, but in lieu of that, we need to figure out how to help them get there. I do

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  Yes. All of that, and I would also say that what is really important is equitable funding, time and time again. Winnipeg is in the south, so my knowledge is limited, but our northern friends constantly share about the inequality of funding. What it costs to run a program in Winni

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry, I want to make sure I understand the question.

Status of Women committee  Right.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I'm not familiar with the book, but I'm certainly familiar with the phrase. Many indigenous women reflect on that, including myself.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  First, the solutions around.... Everything that was done throughout the national inquiry—looking at the pathways, as well as the principles of change—you really need to read in and look through that lens, because it is a holistic, interconnected approach that will no doubt change

Status of Women committee  That would pretty much align with the industry sector. That would be my answer.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I can. Very briefly, this is a really important voice. It's MKO's voice. It has been really leading this issue ever since the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission released its report in 2018, which is critically important. I am aware, and certainly would stand beside MKO

Status of Women committee  I want to say two quick things. Let's not forget that there are really harmful stereotypes about who indigenous women are, and we are often targeted. It's not because we have low self-esteem, it is because we are targeted by people who are intent on hurting us. The second thing

Status of Women committee  Thank you for following up on that. I'd like to begin by saying that most of industry.... It has been very rare. In fact, in my entire career, I've heard of only one in Quebec who actually made an effort to be proactive in their impact on the community, socially, to the environm

Status of Women committee  If they're not doing it now, they're not doing it at all. If there is no interest in changing that, it needs to be forced. There needs to be some way in which that industry is mandated well in advance to work with communities to identify all of the impacts that its presence is go