Status of Women committee  I'll take my five seconds to focus on “decarceration”. If it becomes an issue of money and economics, don't put the money into the prisons; put the money into the communities and get them out. The issue is overrepresentation of indigenous women. You've heard about it, so get them

Status of Women committee  I would like to answer the other question, the one you asked earlier.

Status of Women committee  This is interesting. We are talking about the rehabilitation of aboriginal women and their reintegration into the community, yet we know that there is not enough housing in aboriginal communities and that mental health and addiction treatment services are insufficient. There is s

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. I've spent six years in Nunavik, a remote, fly-in community in northern Quebec, so I can tell you that Nunavut and Nunavik are completely off the map in these discussions. There are little to no services for them. As for most Canadians across the country, if you're in

Status of Women committee  I'm just going to flip it in.

Status of Women committee  I'd love to jump in. I don't know how much time we have. Getting back to the issue of segregation, that is something we actively engage on with the wardens all across Canada. We have regional advocate teams that monitor the conditions of confinement all across Canada. It is a st

Status of Women committee  There is also a serious lack of qualified and quality Gladue writers and reporters. The process of submitting information or your social history in such a report often requires women to disclose intense histories of sexual trauma, abuse, and domestic abuse. The formalized process