Justice committee  It's the impact it would have on under-represented groups. I can speak as an Anishinabe person about what I've witnessed and what I've experienced as well. Due to the history and trauma that we've experienced, there's been a lot of family and community breakdown. Systems that have traditionally been in place no longer exist.

Justice committee  I've been with the Canadian Teachers' Federation on the advisory committee for indigenous education. This is my fifth year with the organization, and I worked provincially with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association for about seven years. It was shortly after the calls to action were published.

Justice committee  [Inaudible—Editor] the new term of the indigenous advisory committee. We've reached out to re-establish and maintain a relationship with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation as well. With COVID, there was a pause. We're actively doing that work to engage the NCTR and continue supporting the good and important work they do.

Justice committee  I can try. The repeal of section 43 would honour the history and the truth that came out of that history. That history has caused a legacy of ongoing violence and harm, so those were the recommendations that came out of that. We could probably go back now to community—this is eight years later—and start asking what we need next, and that is to put in those safeguards that will protect children, families and the organizations that are providing a service to a very vulnerable population.

Justice committee  Meegwetch, Heidi. Tesa Fiddler, nindizhinikaaz. I am a first nations educator, registered to Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug in Treaty 9. I'm also connected through my father to the traditional territory of Onigaming First Nation in Treaty 3. My family and I have lived and worked in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the last 26 years, and we raise our family there.