In testimony before the House of Commons health committee, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said the RCMP is willing to meet with victims, adding it would be helpful if lawyers could talk to complainants about coming forward.

Fifty-three per cent of respondents agreed with the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

"Obstetric violence" falls into the category of violence against Indigenous women and girls, said lawyer Alisa Lombard.

Yvonne Boyer said her Senate office has received numerous calls and e-mails from victims who have suffered unwanted tubal ligations and are now seeking help.

MP Don Davies' request comes after the RCMP said it conducted a preliminary review of its national database and found no records of specific complaints to pursue.

A lawyer says her client had never talked about tubal ligation until her doctor demanded she sign a consent form moments before her epidural.

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the Mounties searched their national database but did not find any criminal reports of forced or coerced sterilization.

Canada needs to take legislative and policy measures to stop women from being sterilized against their will, the United Nations Committee Against Torture said on Friday

The Liberal government does not plan to change the Criminal Code to explicitly outlaw coerced sterilization — rejecting a resolution passed by First Nations chiefs.