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Status of Women committee  What unique challenges do special needs women face living in the shelters? For example, do they provide sign language for the deaf?

October 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, panellists, for being here. We heard about a huge gap in medical treatment. Last week, we had a panel that said the national housing strategy is great, the poverty strategy is good, but we need social support. In order to have social support,

October 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  This is the medical support we talked about. What about financial literacy? There is a Regeneration Outreach in my area, and I went there last year. There was a person who was a survivor of human trafficking and drug addiction, and she did not know about the expense of things.

October 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Does your staff have special training, or is it just you?

October 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you, all, for being here. My first question is to Habitat for Humanity. Peel Poverty Action Group cited that families in Peel sometimes spend years on social housing wait-lists along with thousands of other applicant families. Are the families that you

October 31st, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Last time I was there at the opening of a Habitat for Humanity house I saw lots of girls volunteering there. For the building trades you are giving the opportunity to women. Can you explore that?

October 31st, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I believe it's a federal program or can you—

October 31st, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, do I have more time?

October 31st, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Okay. I'll go over to Eva.

October 31st, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Terry and I are sharing time. Thank you all for being here and for giving information. The challenges, as you said, are mobility, accessibility, informed and trained staff, and a lot more funding. These are the challenges you are facing. What kinds of c

November 5th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Donna, you said there's actually wheelchair accessibility, but for blind women or deaf women, do you have integrated services available?

November 5th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  For Cynthia from Winnipeg, there is a lot of ethnic diversity in the people there. There's a stigma out there. What kinds of services are you providing in Winnipeg?

November 5th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'm going to pass it over to Terry Duguid.

November 5th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you all for being here and answering our questions. I want to go to your slide number 1. You said that assaults are highest in territories and Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Is it because of fewer shelters? When we are asking the question on assault r

November 19th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu

Status of Women committee  At that point, when you are redesigning the sampling and the questions, are you adding in the reason and whether it's crime-related or violence-related? Are you designing that question in the survey?

November 19th, 2018Committee meeting

Sonia Sidhu