Status of Women committee  For a long time in this country, government policy, government practices and government laws have dictated to first nation communities on every level of human life, and the results have been catastrophic. Those have been driven by political interests, political agendas, not commu

Status of Women committee  I'll just say this in 8 seconds: Had she been born male, her status would have been different.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  Despite the decision in the Descheneaux case that came out of Montreal, despite Bill S-3, which this Parliament passed, Deborah is still on the outside looking in. Had she been born male, she would have had full Indian status and full band membership; she would belong to her comm

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. There will not be time to go through the PowerPoint presentation, but I want to get to the videos very quickly. We won't be able to watch all of them. I was unaware of the seven-minute time allocation. Let's start with the Eric Shirt video. He's from t

Status of Women committee  Good morning, everyone. It's nice to meet you and it's nice to be here. Yes, I have two very short videos that I think are important for committee members to see. I'm told now that the videos cannot be viewed unless they're in both languages. I don't know if the committee has a