Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. Time to shine a light with a national inquiry into the missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls. The uncomfortable questions need to be asked and answered, ‘Why?” Recognizing the link between murder of a specific targeted group can help build understanding on what social and economic structures are needed to protect indigenous women and girls from violence.
“Dawn Lavell-Harvard, the president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, said she hopes a national inquiry – which the new Liberal government has committed to launching by the summer – will “shine a light on the reality” that indigenous women are being preyed upon by serial killers in urban centres.”
“Mr. Fondebrider agrees that prevention is critical. He said that just as Canada works to champion human rights and help protect communities abroad, it must turn inward and ensure it is taking care of those within its own borders. “These people are Canadians,” he said of indigenous women. “They have the same rights.”
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