The Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women

Sisters in Spirit, Native Women’s Association in Canada – 2010

  • RESET

Category:

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Sub-Category:

GENERAL

Resolution Number:

700.10.32

Club:

London

Province:

Ontario

Year:

2010

Status:

Open

Background:

Comments:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that BPW Canada urges the Government of Canada to provide the requested funding a minimum of $1 million per year, as promised, for the Sisters in Spirit five-year mandate, to continue their work as set out in the Sisters in Spirit Initiative, Issue Paper, prepared by Native Women’s Association of Canada for the National Aboriginal Women’s Summit, June 20-22, 2007 in Corner Brook, NL,AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that BPW Canada urges the Government of Canada to commit resources (police personnel and funds) to find the missing women in Canada, and in particular the Aboriginal women as identified by the Sisters in Spirit in their research.

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Article ID: 15968