MP McLeod reacts to missing and murdered indigenous women inquiry
OTTAWA — The federal government has officially launched a two-year inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.
At a cost of almost 54 million dollars, the inquiry will be headed by Marion Buller, B.C.’s first female First Nations judge. She is one of five panelists who will try to come up with some background on why so many indigenous females have been victimized over many decades.
It will examine the factors driving a systemic, high rate of violence against Indigenous women and girls, and the role of various institutions, including police forces, governments and coroners’ offices.