NWS To Receive Nearly $1 Million From The Feds
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 15 March 2023
Ottawa is providing nearly $1 million in funding over four years to the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal to provide better access to justice for vulnerable members of the community. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti confirmed $919,000 in funding. The money will be used to provide a full-time lawyer to work with the organization and the families who use it. A social worker will also be hired to support the center. Nakuset is the Executive Director of the Native Women’s Shelter:
“Legal aid lawyers are usually not that equipped, don’t have an understanding about Indigenous clientele and sometimes shame them, so, when we decided that when we were going to be creating this clinic, we wanted to add a family lawyer, but it costs money, so I worked with a couple of other lawyers to create this application to Justice Canada and we got the funding for almost 4 years, to have a professional family lawyer, that’s going to be a part of this social-pediatric clinic and anyone who is having issues with youth protection can come to us, we will represent you and will get those children back.”
Some will also be used for training to help clients better understand their rights.
