Status of Women committee  Thank you. I did a lot of work on advocating for UNDRIP implementation, so I'm thrilled that Bill C-15 received royal assent. I'm going to focus on a key component of the bill, the alignment with policies and legislation. Ergo, everything that Canada does will have to align with

Status of Women committee  I'd be happy to do that.

Status of Women committee  Yes. Thank you for that. I completely agree with everything you've said. I think that something I forgot to mention that's key to this is that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission focused on the truth, on getting the truth out there. Now we need to focus on reconciliation, a

Status of Women committee  Thank you for that question. It is something that's very important when we talk about this issue. It's intrinsically linked into this issue by virtue of the calls for justice of the MMIWG, in number 13.2, I believe. I don't have the calls in front of me. So often we say, “Oh, fu

Status of Women committee  I honestly don't see much action on the municipal side of things because, as you know, the calls for justice and the calls to action really focus on provincial and federal policy-makers. Also, law societies and civil society in that regard are not seeing as many obligations put o

Status of Women committee  That's a powerful question, and I thank you for asking it. I'll touch on a couple of things. You mentioned a common goal and asked how we get there together. I do want to say that we need to encourage men and boys to be a part of this discussion. You know, there is a toxic mascu

Status of Women committee  I think....

Status of Women committee  I'm trying really hard to foster positive relationships with police, with civil society and these sorts of things. Maybe it's not this simple, but I'm going to put it in a simple way. I think that, as Canadians, we all want the same thing at the end of the day, right? We want our

Status of Women committee  That's an excellent question. I apologize for not speaking in French. I wrote an article today on that very issue. Of course the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 calls to action, and those were obligations on governments and civil society, but in my opinion, truth

Status of Women committee  I think having a gender-based analysis that's culturally relevant for indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people has to be trauma informed. We don't want to perpetuate colonial attitudes in our gender-based analysis. We have to safeguard our policies so that those colonial

Status of Women committee  Thank you again for that question. It's very well put. I think it goes back to really understanding and having space for indigenous women leadership. That's is so important. On climate action.... I kind of went off my notes and talked about indigenous languages and the nuances

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon, everyone. I am truly honoured to be here amongst you. I'm told that I'm the first in person since COVID, so I truly am honoured to be here on unceded territory. My name is Lisa Smith, as the honourable chair mentioned. I'm senior director of governance, internati

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for that question. We did see $11 billion over six years towards urgent needs such as housing infrastructure on reserve. We're pleased to see that, but from NWAC's point of view, we would like to see additional funds to stop the violence and genocide addressed in the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I think it's very important that we see these issues and solutions that are informed by trauma. Having trauma-informed approaches is necessary. That's the first thing. Also, truth and reconciliation to me means truly understanding why we are in this

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, honourable member. I will discuss NWAC's action plan. It's called “Our Calls, Our Actions”. NWAC is striving to implement the calls for justice under the MMIWG. In terms of housing, we are looking to develop a prototype for an affordable and culturall