Status of Women committee  I mean, we are reviewing the file. If the cause of death has been determined by a coroner, we're not in a position to reopen the file. We're happy to meet with the family and explain to them what our role has been, and explain to the FILU that perhaps they need to be in touch wit

Status of Women committee  What's available to families, let's say in Quebec or Ontario where the RCMP is not the police of jurisdiction, is the FILU network. Again, that's being funded by the Department of Justice. In my understanding, the FILUs are working very closely with the Ontario Provincial Polic

Status of Women committee  The RCMP actually put together a team to review sexual assaults after The Globe and Mail article came out. That analysis is still ongoing. I am aware that there is a report that is going to be generated by the work of that team. I don't know when the report is going to be release

Status of Women committee  We haven't done that analysis. We're monitoring all of the family hearings that are going on, and we're certainly reviewing the files that implicate the RCMP. When we did our operational overview back in 2014, we actually delved a bit more into the numbers. We recognized that t

Status of Women committee  We're currently reviewing all the recommendations in the interim reports. I can speak for the RCMP. We have a team in place in Ottawa, and we're working with all of our divisions in relation to any of the RCMP cases that are being either talked about in camera at the family hea

Status of Women committee  It is a big question. I think that at the root of it is education. I think we have a lot of work to do on that front. As much as I feel that our organization is doing a lot, every now and then I'm surprised by the comments that are made. I really do think that education is at t

Status of Women committee  We use a multitude of programs, and we consult quite a bit before we engage in any process. As an example, the Kairos blanket exercise is very well used, both at a community level and with federal departments right now. We introduced it this past week at our training academy in R

Status of Women committee  We're not that far down the road. Essentially, I call it dusting off and re-evaluating. We're working quite a bit with Justice, both federally and in some cases at a provincial level—in Nova Scotia and Manitoba—to try to increase our referrals, but we have to build structures at

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair and honourable committee members. I would like to thank you for the invitation to speak to you on your important study on indigenous women in the federal justice and correctional system. I would also like to acknowledge that we are meeting on unceded