Status of Women committee  Also, I'm including my grandparents of 104, 103, 98, 95, and 90, and I've made lots of observations about their care. First of all, Ms. Bélanger, have you looked at the impact that a basic income would have on the problems and related costs of what you have presented?

Status of Women committee  Wouldn't you assume that removing the threat of affordability for food and lodging would relieve some stress issues for people in this category?

Status of Women committee  Ms. Milan, how reliable is the information collection? I was at a dinner a week or so ago, and there was a couple at the table in their 80s. They were high-functioning, had driven to dinner and all that stuff. Somebody said, “You can get the link for this on your computer”, and

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Do they all speak the same language? I don't think so.

Status of Women committee  Right. There's another issue that has come up. I was upset when the Churchill railway had a problem, but I know we got that fixed. Now there's money going to Nanisivik to create the new refuelling station for the Coast Guard in the north. We've heard of cruise ships coming into

Status of Women committee  That's very interesting, because if it's the woman who is making money, that could create a problem, as you suggested. Thanks for those insights.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. Thanks to our witnesses, again. Legal matters have come up from time to time in our discussion today. What access, typically, would these women have to legal advice? I'm sure they must find themselves in legal situations, perhaps responding to an attack and

Status of Women committee  So, the legal aid system would be available if they chose to use it.

Status of Women committee  Ms. Kudloo, go ahead.

Status of Women committee  You led me to one of my many other questions. How many languages are spoken in Inuit communities? There are 51 communities and 165,000 Inuit, or something like that.

Status of Women committee  I'd like to call the question.

Status of Women committee  What I'm talking about is the need to put a program together so that this doesn't happen, and that's why I'm saying we need a relationship with the cities to help us all work together to have that better outcome. Please don't get the idea that I want to put people.... We had that

Status of Women committee  Off-reserve, I know in Hamilton we did a shelter with federal funding for indigenous men, homeless men on the street, so let's go to the on-reserve situation. How do you get space created for women on the reserve?

Status of Women committee  That's strong testimony. Thank you for that.