Status of Women committee  It's in their communities, in their homes. There will be home visitors who will go.... It's similar to what provinces have. You'll have a home assessment, and a nurse or a family visitor will come and speak with you about how you're doing, and your baby, and everything else. They

Status of Women committee  Our department does not manage direct services that involve surgical procedures. We continue to fund two hospitals and their operations, but they are small. No operations are performed there. Our department delivers primary care or nursing care in some remote communities. In Can

Status of Women committee  I have not been with the branch for 10 or 15 years.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I understand, but we are not directly connected to the Saskatchewan health authority. We don't have responsibility for health care services in that field. However, we do provide funding to Saskatchewan's first nations communities. Some programs are provided in the communitie

Status of Women committee  I think that is a really excellent idea. The Native Women's Association of Canada has a cultural competency training program, but it is general in nature. Although the program is not aimed at health professionals, I am sure it could be adapted. We will certainly present that id

Status of Women committee  I have not specifically.... We've certainly worked with them in terms of preparing materials for the studies the UN has conducted and the committee presentations and for responses for specific questions that they've had, but we have not had a discussion with them. Katherine, am

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely.

Status of Women committee  It is actually part of the conditions of our health infrastructure program that we fund health infrastructure on reserve. But I do think that we're looking at different options with respect to innovation by enabling communities, for instance, to have access to grants or to have a

Status of Women committee  The terms and conditions of our program are that we fund health facilities, but in the first nations communities on reserve.

Status of Women committee  My understanding from reading the Department of Justice notes is that existing legislation in Canada does protect women against forced sterilization.

Status of Women committee  That's right.

Status of Women committee  It is up to the federal Minister of Health to write to the provincial and territorial ministers of Health to ask them to designate a representative. The Minister of Health Canada will coordinate the activities of the working group, in co-operation with her provincial and territor