{"time": "2008-04-09 14:15:00", "attribution": {"en": "Ms. Peggy Nash (Parkdale\u2014High Park, NDP)", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1011003\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting Beverley Jacobs, the head of the Native Women's Association of Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011004\" data-originallang=\"en\">Young indigenous women in Canada are five times more likely than all other women to die as the result of violence.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011005\" data-originallang=\"en\">Racist and sexist stereotypes, poverty and the failure of police forces to understand and respect first nations communities have all contributed to the problem. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011006\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, government studies recommending concrete measures to improve the lives of indigenous women gather dust on the shelves.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011007\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Sisters in Spirit initiative is raising awareness and calling for measures to reduce violence against indigenous women. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011008\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our government can act immediately to ensure that police thoroughly investigate all reports of missing women and girls and to provide adequate, stable funding to the front line organizations that provide services to help indigenous women and girls.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011009\" data-originallang=\"en\">When will the government act to ensure the safety of indigenous women?</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1011003\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai eu le plaisir de rencontrer hier Beverley Jacobs, qui dirige l'Association des femmes autochtones du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011004\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les jeunes femmes autochtones sont cinq fois plus susceptibles que les autres Canadiennes de mourir des suites d'actes de violence. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011005\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les st\u00e9r\u00e9otypes racistes et sexistes, la pauvret\u00e9 et l'incapacit\u00e9 des corps policiers de comprendre et de respecter les collectivit\u00e9s des Premi\u00e8res nations sont des facteurs qui ont tous contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 cet \u00e9tat de choses.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011006\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourtant, les \u00e9tudes gouvernementales recommandant des moyens concrets d'am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 de vie des femmes autochtones dorment sur les tablettes</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011007\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'initiative Soeurs d'esprit, qui a pour but de sensibiliser le public, r\u00e9clame la prise de mesures de lutte contre la violence faite aux femmes autochtones.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011008\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement pourrait d'ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0 veiller \u00e0 ce que la police m\u00e8ne un enqu\u00eate approfondie chaque fois qu'une femme ou une fillette est port\u00e9e disparue et fournir un financement stable et suffisant aux organismes de premi\u00e8re ligne qui offrent des services d'aide aux femmes et aux fillettes autochtones.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1011009\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand donc le gouvernement agira-t-il pour assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des femmes autochtones? </p>"}, "url": "/debates/2008/4/9/peggy-nash-1/", "politician_url": "/politicians/peggy-nash/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/522/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "2408144", "h1": {"en": "Statements By Members", "fr": ""}, "h2": {"en": "Native Women's Association of Canada", "fr": ""}, "document_url": "/debates/2008/4/9/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F4%2F9%2F"}}