My colleague from Nanaimo—Cowichan has been on her feet in the House many times talking about the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women noted with regret that aboriginal women in Canada continued to live in impoverished conditions, which include high rates of poverty, poor health, inadequate housing, lack of access to clean water, low school completion rates and high rates of violence.
Ma collègue de Nanaimo—Cowichan, qui a maintes fois pris la parole à la Chambre pour parler de la Convention des Nations Unies sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes, a constaté, avec regret, que les femmes autochtones au Canada vivent encore dans la pauvreté.