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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 83
Thursday, December 7, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 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
Women of the Métis Nation
• Melanie Omeniho, President
Quebec Native Women Inc.
• Véronique Picard, Justice Coordinator
Aboriginal Legal Services
• Jonathan Rudin, Program Director
As an individual
• Vicki Chartrand, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Bishop's University
• Felice Yuen, Associate Professor, Concordia University
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.

Vicki Chartrand and Véronique Picard, by videoconference from Kahnawake, Quebec, made statements and answered questions.

At 12:01 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:04 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Jonathan Rudin, Melanie Omeniho and Felice Yuen made statements and answered questions.

At 1:00 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Marie-Hélène Sauvé
Clerk of the Committee