Status of Women committee  Absolutely, resources need to go towards prevention and ongoing support, and changing the conditions of families that lead to child welfare involvement. I would say it's difficult or dangerous to make a correlation that involvement with child welfare is what leads to MMIWG or inc

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Yes, I agree. Many reports over many decades have looked at some of the issues that we've talked about today. The recommendations and solutions exist already in many of those reports. One thing I would recommend is triaging particular marginalized populations to the

Status of Women committee  Sure. I would call your attention to three places. Two of them already have come up. They are the recommendations and calls to action in the report on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, as well as the truth and reconciliation reports. Those reports are amazing in

Status of Women committee  Sure. As you noted, missing and murdered indigenous women and girls and the many studies with respect to child welfare and the overrepresentation of first nations, Métis and Inuit children and families all indicate that the removal of children from their mother has a significant

Status of Women committee  Sure, and thank you for that question. Just like the previous speaker said, you can't take an adult program, impose it on youth and have it work. It's the same for indigenous populations. You can't take a mainstream program and apply it to an indigenous population and expect it

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Good morning. My name is Amber Crowe. I'm the executive director of Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services. I am anishinaabekwe from Alderville First Nation. I would like to say thank you to the previous speakers. It's my humble honour and privilege to