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Part II Volume III National Inquiry into Enquête nationale Missing and Murdered sur les femmes et les filles Indigenous Women and Girls autochtones disparues et assassinées National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Truth-Gathering Process Part II Institutional hearingson Government Services Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire Calgary, Alberta Part II Volume III Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Panel II: Health Services Dr. Valérie Gideon, Assistant Deputy Minister - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Ontario Region Jackie Anderson & Christine Duhaime, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Winnipeg Manitoba Heard by Chief Commissioner Marion Buller & Commissioners Michèle Audette, Brian Eyolfson & Qajaq Robinson __________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC. 41-5450 Canotek Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1J 9G2 E-mail: [email protected] – Phone: 613-748-6043 – Fax: 613-748-8246 II APPEARANCES Aboriginal Women’s Action Fay Blaney (Representative) Network MiKenze Jordan (Representative) Assembly of First Nations Julie McGregor (Legal Counsel) Stuart Wuttke (Legal Counsel) Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Joëlle Pastora Sala (Legal Counsel) Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society Darrin Blain (Legal Counsel) Canadian Association of Chiefs Ashley Smith(Legal Counsel) of Police Directeur des poursuites Anny Bernier (Legal Counsel) criminelles et pénales Eastern Door Indigenous Natalie D. Clifford Women’s Association (Legal Counsel) Families for Justice Suzan E. Fraser (Legal Counsel) Government of Alberta Nicole Pfeifer (Legal Counsel) Government of British Columbia Jean Walters (Legal Counsel) Rachel Holmes (Representative) Emily Arthur (Representative) Government of Canada Anne Turley (Legal Counsel) Anne McConville (Legal Counsel) Sarah Churchill-Joly (Legal Counsel) Tania Tooke (Paralegal) Jennifer Clarke (Paralegal) Government of Manitoba Coral Lang (Legal Counsel) Kendra Jarvinen (Legal Counsel) Government of New Brunswick Maya Hamou (Legal Counsel) Government of Newfoundland and Denise Spencer (Legal Counsel) Labrador III APPEARANCES Government of Northwest Karin Taylor (Legal Counsel) Territories Brad Patzer (Legal Counsel) Government of Nova Scotia Sean Foreman (Legal Counsel) Government of Ontario Julian Roy (Legal Counsel) Catherine Rhinelander (Legal Counsel) Government of Saskatchewan Barbara Mysko(Legal Counsel) Government of Yukon Jennifer England (Representative) Fia Jampolsky (Legal Counsel) Independent First Nations Sarah Beamish (Legal Counsel) Diane Maracle-Nadjiwan (Representative) Institute for the Advancement Lisa Weber (Legal Counsel) of Aboriginal Women Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Elizabeth Zarpa (Legal Counsel) MMIWG Manitoba Coalition Catherine Dunn (Legal Counsel) Hilda Anderson-Pyrz (Representative) Manitoba Keewatinowi Jessica Barlow (Legal Counsel) Okimakanak Native Women’s Association of Virginia Lomax (Legal Counsel) Canada Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Nishnawbe Aski Nation/Grand Grand Chief Anna Betty Council Treaty 3; Treaty Achneepineskum Krystyn Alliance Northern Ontario Ordyniec (Legal Counsel) Amanda Byrd (Law student) IV APPEARANCES Ontario Federation of Niki Hashie (Representative) Indigenous Friendship Centres Pauktuutit, AnânauKatiget Beth Symes (Legal Counsel) Tumingit, Saturviit, Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre, and Manitoba Inuit Association Regina Treaty Status Indian Erica Beaudin (Representative) Services, Inc Saskatchewan Association of Katrina Swan (Legal Counsel) Chiefs of Police Winnipeg Police Service Kimberly Carswell (Legal Counsel) V TABLE OF CONTENTS Truth-Gathering Process Part II Volume III Panel II: “Health Services” Chair: Jennifer Cox (Commission Counsel) Second Chair: Thomas Barnett (Commission Counsel) Witness: Dr. Valérie Gideon, Assistant Deputy Minister - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Ontario Region; Counsel: Anne Turley for Government of Canada Witnesses: Jackie Anderson & Christine Duhaime, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Winnipeg Manitoba Counsel: Jennifer Cox (Commission Counsel) Heard by Chief Commissioner Marion Buller & Commissioners Michèle Audette, Brian Eyolfson & Qajaq Robinson Grandmothers, Elders & Knowledge-keepers: Minnie Amidlak, Cynthia Cardinal (National Family Advisory Circle – NFAC), Barbara Dumont-Hill (Government of Canada), Spike Norton Eagle Speaker, Louise Haulli, Kathy Louis, Myrna Laplante (NFAC), Gerald Meguinis, Melanie Morrison (NFAC), Bernie Poitras, Sarah Nowrakudluk (NFAC), Gaylene Rain, Audrey Siegl, Laureen “Blu” Waters, John Wesley, Alvine Wolfleg, Charlotte Wolfrey (NFAC), Waasaanese (Government of Ontario) Clerk: Maryiam Khoury Registrar: Bryan Zandberg VI TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Opening Comments 1 Drumming Ceremony 3 Opening Prayer 4 VALERIE GIDEON, Affirmed 6 Examination-in-Chief by Ms. Turley 7 JACKIE ANDERSON, Affirmed 77 Examination-in-Chief by Ms. Cox 78 CHRISTINE DUMAINE, Affirmed 130 Examination-in-Chief by Ms. Cox 130 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Mr. Wuttke 146 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Mr. Wuttke 155 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Lomax 158 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Lomax 165 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Weber 169 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Mr. Blain 180 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Mr. Blain 184 CHRISTINE DUMAINE, Cross-Examined by Mr. Blain 187 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Zarpa 189 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Zarpa 193 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Beamish 199 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Beamish 209 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Symes 212 VII TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Fraser 221 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Fraser 224 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Beaudin 232 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Beaudin 244 CHRISTINE DUMAINE, Cross-Examined by Ms. Beaudin 246 CHRISTINE DUMAINE, Cross-Examined by Ms. Dunn 249 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Dunn 251 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Blaney 261 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Blaney 269 CHRISTINE DUMAINE, Cross-Examined by Ms. Clifford 270 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Clifford 271 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Clifford 273 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Pastora Sala 282 JACKIE ANDERSON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Pastora Sala 291 VALERIE GIDEON, Cross-Examined by Ms. Ordyniec 296 IIX LIST OF EXHIBITS NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE Panel 2A: Health Services in Remote Communities Witness: Valerie Gideon 24(a)Biography of Valérie Gideon (one page) 10 24(b)Biographie de Valérie Gideon (une page) 10 25 “Overview of the First Nations and Inuit Health 11 Branch Context and Select Key Activities Related to Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls, Indigenous Services Canada (15 pages) 26 First Nations Inuit Health Branch “What We Do,” 14 Indigenous Services Canada (two pages) 27 “Guidelines for the FNIHB eHealth Infostructure 47 Program (eHIP),” (March 2016) Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, ISBN: 978-1-100-5406401 (23 pages) 28 First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework 54 (January 2015), Health Canada, ISBN: 978-1-100-25327-5 (58 pages) 29 Indian Residence Schools Resolution Health Support 57 Program Policy Framework (June 2014), Health Canada (12 pages) 30 “Guide to Mental Health Counselling Services” (March 60 2018, last dated modified April 20, 2018), Government of Canada, Non-Insured Health Benefit Program & Indian Residence Schools Resolution Health Support Program (24 pages) 31 “Honouring Our Strengths: A Renewed Framework to 67 Address Substance Use Issues Among First Nations People in Canada” (2011), Health Canada, ISBN: 978-1-100-19331-1 (100 pages) 32 First Nations and Inuit Component of Victims of Family 73 Violence (VoFV) Investments, Health Canada, ISBN: 978-0-660-03153-8 (two pages) All exhibits submitted by Anne Turley, Legal Counsel for Canada. IX LIST OF EXHIBITS NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE Panel 2A: Health Services in Remote Communities Witness: Jackie Anderson 33 Tracia’s Trust: Manitoba Sexual Exploitation Strategy 83 brochure, Government of Manitoba, Sexual Exploitation Unit, Child Protection Branch (two pages) 34 Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Aboriginal 145 Women and Girls, Literature Review and Key Informant Interviews (March 2014), Native Women’s Association of Canada / Canadian Women’s Foundation (81 pages) 35 “No more: Ending Sex-Trafficking in Canada,” Report of 146 the National Task Force on Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada (Fall 2014), Canadian Women’s Foundation (137 pages) All exhibits submitted by Jennifer Cox, Commission Counsel. Panel 2A: Health Services in Remote Communities Witness: Panel 2 36 “Montreal boarding home for Nunavik medical patients 197 over capacity since opening,” CBC News, posted July 25, 2017 12:25 CT, last updated July 25, 2017 (three pages) Exhibit submitted by Elizabeth Zarpa, Counsel for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. 1 OPENING COMMENTS 1 Calgary, Alberta 2 --- Upon commencing on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 8:01 a.m. 3 --- OPENING COMMENTS 4 MR. JASON GOODSTRIKER: Our Inuit Elder, 5 Louise, has -- she’s -- already has lit the -- lit the lamp. 6 It’s a very -- Valerie, oh, my goodness. These are 7 adventures that we’re having today at this Inquiry. Valerie 8 Gideon is going to be speaking a little bit later on. I’ve 9 got to use this time as best as I can, Valerie, because at 10 some point in time, they cut me off and I can’t speak on the 11 mic. 12 (LAUGHTER) 13 MR. JASON GOODSTRIKER: So I’m going to say 14 that I’m very happy to see Valerie Gideon. Valerie’s father 15 and my late grandfather,
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