Madam Speaker, along with the Minister, I attended the Pauktuutit annual general meeting, and there were a number of very emotional moments when adults, sometimes elders, made disclosures about painful experiences they had suffered many years before. I think it's been pointed out in a recent letter to the editor in Nunatsiaq News that these kinds of disclosures can -- although they are helpful in themselves, if they are not followed up on -- lead to even more frustration and anxiety. So I would like to ask the Minister, given that these kinds of disclosures seem to be occurring more frequently and even publicly, and the latest example was the Pauktuutit AGM, is there a strategy within the department to respond to this apparently growing need? Thank you.
Dennis Patterson on Question 418-12(5): Support For Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children
In the Legislative Assembly on March 30th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 418-12(5): Support For Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children
Question 418-12(5): Support For Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 29th, 1994
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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