Status of Women committee  I think it's a huge step backwards for women. It was a real blow to women's confidence in the health system. It shows a real lack of support for women's health. It's unbelievable. The conversation it started around what should be accessible to women is certainly important. Unfort

Status of Women committee  Thank you. It's having the resources in smaller communities and having access to programs and funding. It doesn't need to be large funding, but having it readily accessible is very important. The Femmes Fortes program started with a small wellness grant for $5,000 and developed

Status of Women committee  Traditionally, a lot of LGBTQ2+ people in rural areas, as soon as they graduated from high school, moved to the larger urban centres to find a community. Inclusivity is certainly a challenge in rural areas. There is no public awareness when it comes to this type of thing. It is

Status of Women committee  We've done over 100 sessions at this point. We measure success in various forms. There are some sessions that do not have a lot of participants, but the participants who are there very much appreciate it. I think of a session that we had for LGBTQ rights, where there was just one

Status of Women committee  I think that for my area, something that is missing is mental health services, urgent care to hopefully address it before it gets to a paramedic issue. I know that right now in New Brunswick, if you actually go to the step of asking for help—and we all know it's difficult to ev

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Good afternoon. First, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about my community and the challenges faced by women in my rural community. Before I begin, I would like to stress and acknowledge that I am on the tradit