It cuts across boundaries, culture, religious membership, and socio-economic status, and it impacts aboriginal communities, for which the federal government has a special constitutional responsibility, including for the women who live in these communities or who, living outside of these communities, are nonetheless profoundly tied to them.
Cette violence transcende les frontières, la culture, l'appartenance religieuse et la classe socio-économique. Elle touche aussi les communautés autochtones, envers lesquelles le gouvernement fédéral a des responsabilités particulières en raison de la Constitution.