Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. I think we'll just reiterate what we've already stated. When it comes to your leadership in what you call Quebec, your partnership and the reciprocal respect that is required to continue and to evolve with Cree nations—Algonquin nations—within Quebe

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Lindsay. Again, this is not western and Crown governance, Crown policy does not hold the monopoly. We have a multicultural platform here. I see many women who come from very different territories in Shkaakaamikwe, which in the Anishinabe language means “Mother Earth”.

Status of Women committee  Naomi, you can go ahead here.

Status of Women committee  Of course, and in fact, I just want to share some history. This is far prior to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 calls to action. These recommendations happen and we're continuously having to repeat history, and it goes back to the the Royal Commission on Aboriginal

Status of Women committee  Buffy, do you want to take the lead here?

Status of Women committee  Naomi, would you like me to go first on this?

Status of Women committee  We're not just going to talk about Ontario and Quebec. We need to talk about what you now call Canada as a whole. I'll give you an example. With the Inuit nation, those mothers, those expectant mothers, have to be displaced from their communities and their families, with only o

Status of Women committee  Meegwetch, Buffy, for your remarks. If I can chime in, Madam Larouche.... Again, I didn't have my translation on, but I caught some of what you were asking. I do want to share really quickly.... The relationship in Quebec—I guess my question is a rebuttal back to you—is your re

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Mr. Serré. I'm sorry, but I don't speak French. I think you were asking me if I have recommendations on how we can retain the midwifery program in the north. Is that what you asked me?

Status of Women committee  Not bad, eh? I've been hanging around with you too long, or not long enough. I have several recommendations. You all heard my opening remarks about my passion and compassion for this territory and more importantly, my corporate history with Laurentian University, and several dev

Status of Women committee  I won't go into my introductions. I have to say that everybody here in the north is completely disheartened with the state of our community university. I held my post at Laurentian from 1994 to 2010, so I've been witness to several successes of our community-led and community-dri