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Vol. 17, Issue 47, August 3, 2013

3rd Annual Haiti Project Day

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n S a t u r d a y, June 15th the Chapleau Pentecostal Church held its 3rd Annual Haiti Project Day. To date a total of $4,200.00 has been raised for the Haiti Ministries and $2,900.00 of the funds

raised were from the yard sale, car wash and BBQ that were held on Saturday, June 15th. The Chapleau Pentecostal Church would like to thank the individuals, local businesses and charitable groups who helped

out to make this day such a success and especially the citizens of Chapleau who have been very supportive of the Haitian people. All monies raised will be delivered in person to Michel and Louise Charbonneau who are

the founders of Haiti Ministries this November 2013 when the Chapleau contingency departs for Haiti. The final Haiti Project event will be the Haitian Supper Auction which will be held on

Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Chapleau Pentecostal Church. For more information on the Haitian Supper Auction or purchasing tickets, please contact Pastor Dan Lee at (705) 864-

0828 or Nicole DaigleHamilton at (705) 8640224. For more information on the Haiti Ministries or to make a personal donation please visit www.haitiministries.com

Solidarity shown in demands for a national inquiry in missing women

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his past week, the Premiers and Territorial leaders met with Aboriginal leaders at the Council of Federation meeting held at Niagara-on-the-Lake. Michèle Audette,

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president of the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC), along with other Native representatives, called on the all Premiers and leaders to support their call for a National Inquiry into the missing and murdered Aborigin a l Wo m e n a c r o s s Canada. Last fall, the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) marched in solidarity with our Aboriginal sisters to Parliament Hill demanding, once again, that the Federal Government establish a

National Inquiry into 582 documented cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. At that time, our demands were supported by several opposition parties but ignored by the Harper government. "Aboriginal women and girls continue to fall victim to the most extreme forms of violence – leading to their going missing or being found murdered. We need real action. Now is the time for the Harper government to join the rest of Canada and support a national public inquiry into this

issue," states Audette. Violence against women happens in all cultures and religions, in all ethnic and racial communities, at every age, and in every income group. But Aboriginal women (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) are eight times more likely to be killed by their intimate partner than non-Aboriginal women. Shelters and other violence against women services were pleased to see Premier K a t h l e e n Wy n n e (current Chair of the Council of Federation) announce resounding

support for the National Inquiry. We remain hopeful that the Federal Government will recognize the important leadership of Aboriginal groups and act immediately to establish the National Inquiry and restore adequate funding to NWAC and other agencies working to end violence against women in Canada. To date, the federal governments' response to the tragedy of the missing and murdered Aboriginal women has been abysmal. In 2011, the United Nations Committee on the

Elimination of Discrimination against Women recognized the seriousness of this issue and launched their own inquiry. This committee—the UN'S main authority on women's human rights—cites the Canadian Federal Government's continuing failure to take e ff e c t i v e a c t i o n i n connection with the murders and disappearances. We demand that the Canadian government call for a National Inquiry into the missing and murdered Aboriginal women of Canada.

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