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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 49

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Standing Committee on the Status of Women met at 11:43 a.m. this day, in the room Pinnacle 3, Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown, Vancouver, British Columbia, the Chair, the Hon. Hedy Fry, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Dona Cadman, Nicole Demers, Hon. Hedy Fry, Nina Grewal and Hon. Anita Neville.

Associate Members present: Libby Davies.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Julie Cool, Analyst ; Laura Munn-Rivard, Analyst.

Witnesses: Ending Violence Association of British Columbia: Tracy Porteous, Executive Director; Marilyn George, Representative, Outreach Services Coordinator, Smithers, British Columbia. Justice for Girls: Asia Czapska, Advocacy Director. Battered Women's Support Services: Lisa Yellow-Quill, Co-manager, Aboriginal Women's Program. Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter: Hilla Kerner, Collective Member. Women Against Violence Against Women: Darla Laughlin, Aboriginal Outreach Coordinator and Youth Counsellor. YWCA of Vancouver: Nancy Cameron, Program Manager, Crabtree Corner Community Program; Leslie Wilkin, Violence Prevention Worker, Crabtree Corner Community Program. As individuals: Jane Miller-Ashton, Professor, Criminology Department, Kwantlen Polytechnic University; Beverley Jacobs, Former President of the Native Women's Association of Canada; Janine Benedet. Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs: Michelle Corfield, Representative. Warriors Against Violence Society: Russell Wallace, Vice-President, Board of Directors. Aboriginal Women's Action Network: Darlene Rigo, Collective Member; Laura Holland, Collective Member. B.C. CEDAW Group: Shelagh Day, Representative; Sharon D. McIvor, Representative. Pivot Legal Society: Darcie Bennett, Campaigns Director. Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Bruce Hulan, Team Commander, Project EPANA; Russ Nash, Officer in Charge, E Division Major Crime Section. Walk4Justice: Gladys Radek, Co-founder; Bernie Williams, Co-founder.