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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 86
Thursday, February 1, 2018, 3:30 p.m. to 4:33 p.m.
Presiding
Karen Vecchio, Chair (Conservative)

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• Dominique Montpetit, Analyst
• Laura Munn-Rivard, Analyst
Indigenous Women In The Federal Justice and Correctional Systems
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
• Kassandra Churcher, Executive Director
• Savannah Gentile, Director, Advocacy and Legal Issues
Native Women's Association of Canada
• Katharine Curry, Policy Analyst
• Virginia Lomax, Legal Counsel
As an individual
• Denise Peterson, Councillor, Town of Strathmore
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, the Committee resumed its study of Indigenous women in the federal justice and correctional systems.

Virginia Lomax, Denise Peterson, by videoconference from Strathmore, Alberta, and Savannah Gentile made statements and, with Katharine Curry and Kassandra Churcher, answered questions.

At 4:33 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Kenza Gamassi
Clerk of the Committee