Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Evelyn Ballantyne, Committee Member on Bill C-31 and Edith Young, Swampy Cree Tribal Council

The file contains a presentation by Evelyn Ballantyne. Ballantyne discusses Bill C-31 and its effects on the lives of Aboriginal women in Manitoba with reference to housing, discrimination, lack of consultation of women on major political decisions, and the Charlottetown Accord referendum. Edith Young discusses women's and general Aboriginal issues including loss of culture and language, violence and residential schooling, family violence, the need for financial aid, the need for healing lodges, alcoholism, and political corruption at the band level. Following the presentations Commissioner Wilson discusses some of the issues raised with the two participants, after which the days' sitting adjourned.