Expert: National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
鈥淎 coalition composed mainly of relatives of missing and murdered Indigenous women is demanding the replacement of all remaining commissioners and a reset of the inquiry initiated by the federal Liberal government to look into the tragedy.鈥� ()
鈥淭he reasons for Waneek Horn-Miller鈥檚 departure from the National Inquiry may well be personal, but if there weren鈥檛 already several problems with the Inquiry to date, we wouldn鈥檛 even be reading about her departure in the news.听Four other members resigned in June, which only adds to the lengthy delays in the process. Families affected cannot place trust in a process that is not publicly transparent, that does not provide them with sufficient information, and that loses member after member from the organisation.听The signal being sent is that the systematic violence against our indigenous women in Canada is not being treated seriously.听Organisations like the Native Women鈥檚 Association of Canada and Femmes Autochthones du Quebec have been lobbying for this Inquiry for years.听It鈥檚 time that the issue is recognised and taken up seriously as an issue of importance to all Canadians, and that anyone who cares about human rights in Canada rallies in support.鈥濃�斕�Cassandra Steer
She co-organized a听听on gender-based violence, the politics of change and challenges of the inquiry into the province and country鈥檚 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls back in March. She also wrote an听听about issues related to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Contact info: (514) 398-5098,听cassandra.steer [at] mcgill.ca听(English, French)
