Status of Women committee  I believe that services need to be generated by the indigenous women themselves, because they are the ones who are aware of the needs. If such services do not exist, then they should be created. If they exist, then it's important to make sure they are provided with the resources

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the question. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to those questions. We've discussed at length the need to conduct research. It would indeed be very interesting to document companies that are behaving in an exemplary fashion and that could have a posit

Status of Women committee  We owe a lot to our involvement in the World March of Women, an international movement that we were able to put together with various indigenous women's organizations from around the world. In our struggle, we place a strong emphasis on the fact that we need to ask ourselves soci

Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, at the international level, there is often a great deal of corruption and the police continue to behave violently towards women, as they do here. Any indigenous opposition to the mining companies is ignored. We are asking for indigenous peoples to be consulted whe

Status of Women committee  Yes. One item that came up at the round table discussions was a Canadian mine in Peru that had attacked activists. Our main recommendation was that there be genuine consultation of local populations when mining projects are undertaken. The mining companies ought not to take over

Status of Women committee  Yes, it's extremely important to introduce measures. For a very long time, various groups have been asking for an ombudsman. As Ms. Palmater was saying, when acts of violence are committed in other countries, it's really very difficult to ensure that our Canadian companies are he

Status of Women committee  Planned obsolescence refers to the fact that the lifespan of cell phones and many other devices is planned so that it's far shorter than it might otherwise be. As a result, we have to develop some of our resources even more to support a whole system of consumption. This also cau

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon. On behalf of ConcertAction Femmes Estrie, I want to thank the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women for inviting our organization to take part in its study on resource development and violence against indigenous women and girls. . As we do a