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Dear Editor:
It is time to set the record straight on the Native Women's Association of Canada's (NWAC) position on Matrimonial Real Property (MRP).
NWAC does not support the application of provincial law on reserve. It does support; however, that interim measures must be put into place to address the continued human rights violations occurring to Aboriginal women and their children today. Human rights violations occur on a daily basis, especially for Aboriginal children and women who are often victims of physical and sexual abuse, sexualized and racialized violence, blatant systemic discrimination, emotional stress, poverty, suicide and murder.
You don't have to look very far to see the stories such as the "time bomb" being reported at the Northern Ontario reserve at Kashechewan where 21 young people aged nine to 23 attempted suicide in one month alone. Additionally, remember the rising number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women on Canadian streets. While appropriate MRP solutions (whether legislative or non-legislative) are in place, NWAC is asking for a moratorium on evictions on reserve as a first protective step.
On April 20, the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Jim Prentice released Ministerial Representative Wendy Grant John's...