Status of Women committee  Pauktuutit has been involved in the last couple of years with shelters and transitional housing with CMHC and Indigenous Services Canada. We've made every effort to make sure that we provide supports to Inuit women in Inuit Nunangat. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami also has, through it

Status of Women committee  Again, violence against Inuit women is not new. It's all related to colonization and residential schools. If we're rooted in Inuit values and principles, everybody always has a role and a place in our culture. There's somewhat of a loss in our cultural values today. How are we g

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for your question. Definitely housing is the foundation of any work that we do or any family situation that our communities are faced with. I did listen to MP Lori Idlout raise this in the House. If we don't have the foundation in housing that addresses healt

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  I think you're referring to the $10-a-day day care. Can I get clarification on that point? If that's the point, for Inuit Nunangat, our challenge is infrastructure—housing infrastructure, generally. If we don't have the infrastructure to provide day care, our limitations are real

Status of Women committee  Unnusakkut, Madam Chair, committee members, guests and staff. My name is Rosemary Cooper. I am from Iqaluit, Nunavut, and I am the executive director of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. Pauktuutit is a national voice for Inuit women, girls and gender-diverse Inuit wherever the