Status of Women committee  Indigenous Services Canada does fund mental health services all across the north. In the Yukon, there are also non-insured health benefits. There's a process to get involved. It's a bit tedious, but it does provide resources, and there are servers for remote areas, which is very

Status of Women committee  Yes. It would be a step in the right direction.

Status of Women committee  I think for all the indigenous communities, if they have women's groups, those women's groups should be informed that this is going to take place, and they should then be able to speak to who should be sitting at that table. I think in the rural communities especially there are i

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Yes, the rural communities are very hard up as far as technology is concerned. Oftentimes, the Internet systems don't work anyway. It's really hard. I think the government needs to invest in getting credentialed professionals made available who can come to these commu

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I also have not read the book, but I'm familiar with it.

Status of Women committee  I agree with what the two previous witnesses have said, totally. As far as impunity goes, the resource developers have to have commitments to be invested in the communities. The resource developers have to be held accountable for the fallout of the resource development wherever t

Status of Women committee  I agree with that statement totally.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  No. It might be trying, but it's not very good at it. It's a huge problem. It's a programming system, and that program doesn't match the indigenous program. The indigenous natural program is self-sustaining, vibrant, balanced, harmonious and equilateral. The government system pre

Status of Women committee  If I can carry on, the root of everything is the self. If you have a culture of people who are aggressive, they're going to be aggressive in all sorts of ways. I would suggest that all of the resource developers have psychologists write assessments, and all of the people who ar

Status of Women committee  Government needs to have the resources available and make the resource developers responsible for assessing who's coming into these camps and these areas. Government also needs to make resources available to uplift the people so that they are empowered. If they are empowered pe

Status of Women committee  Can someone interpret for me, please?

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry. I can't respond. I don't have any available information to pass along.

Status of Women committee  Could somebody translate that for me, please?