Status of Women committee  I'm more at ease responding on how our office responds to individual complaints. There is no difference in the process. In other words, a federal offender can contact our office through a variety of means. Most often it's by phone, via our toll-free line. One thing that does com

Status of Women committee  Depending on the nature of the complaint, of course, it could very well happen, and it does happen, that our senior investigators would involve and consult with the elder, or the aboriginal liaison officer, to find out exactly what happened or did not happen. Of course, we will s

Status of Women committee  I don't have much to add. There will be some differences, as Ivan mentioned, for indigenous women. For example, given that they're overrepresented in maximum security, you'll have more complaints related to conditions of confinement. Certainly, there's the issue of access to ment

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Mr. Zinger. You have before you the overview of the presentation, but I won't go through all of that. Instead, I will briefly present the office's mandate. You have before you our mission statement. Essentially, our office acts as the ombudsman for federally sentenc