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INAC Min Says She Knows MMIW Families Frustrated

Monday, 10 July 2017 08:42

Carolyn Bennett promises Canada will not let down families of MMIW

Canada's minister of Indigenous Affairs minister says she understands some families of missing and murdered aboriginal women are still frustrated about the pace of a national inquiry.

But Carolyn Bennett promises the government won't let them down.

She says everyone involved is understandably impatient, as a lot of the people affected have been fighting for a decade or more to get some understanding of the issues from the child welfare system.

She says those people have been telling everybody about problems with racism, sexism and policing, but nothing has happened yet.

Bennett expects two expert roundtables - one on Indigenous law and the other on human rights - will help develop the inquiry's framework moving forward.

The inquiry chaired by Marion Buller, the first female First Nations judge in B.C., was launched last September and was expected to take two years and cost $53.8 million.

(The Canadian Press)

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