{"id":71407,"date":"2016-02-27T02:54:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T07:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=71407"},"modified":"2016-02-27T02:54:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T07:54:32","slug":"provinces-commit-to-help-inquiry-into-missing-murdered-aboriginal-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/27\/provinces-commit-to-help-inquiry-into-missing-murdered-aboriginal-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Provinces commit to help inquiry into missing, murdered aboriginal women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett called the commitment of provinces to co-operate in the national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women an important step forward.
(Photo from Carolyn Bennett’s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WINNIPEG \u2013 The provinces agreed Friday to co-operate with and support a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.<\/p>\n

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett called the commitment an important step forward, as she emerged from a two-day meeting involving federal and provincial ministers as well as aboriginal leaders and victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that has worried a lot of the indigenous leadership… and all the people who were worried that we could end up with a jurisdictional squabble that meant that really important issues like policing and child welfare would not be able to be properly dealt with.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commitment means child welfare, policing, education and other areas that are fully or partly under provincial jurisdiction will be examined when the inquiry starts up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe (agreement) is to co-operate on providing access to all of our information, to our organizations, to our institutions,\u201d Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said.<\/p>\n

Details of the inquiry such as its scope, cost and who will lead it have yet to be worked out.<\/p>\n

The governments also issued a joint four-page document that, in broad terms, commits them to improve the social and economic conditions faced by aboriginals. The agreement contains 20 commitments including:<\/p>\n

-supporting the development of anti-racism training programs for civil servants.<\/p>\n

-implementing a Canada-wide awareness campaign to change public perceptions about violence against indigenous women.<\/p>\n

-acting on Truth and Reconciliation report recommendations such as giving First Nations more of a say in child welfare.<\/p>\n

-creating a common set of performance measurements to track the socio-economic gap between Indigenous persons and non-aboriginals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s high-school leaving, or whether it\u2019s shelter-occupancy or poverty indicators, there\u2019s many things we know we need to get going on,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n

Aboriginals leader said they were pleased with the meeting\u2019s outcome, but were waiting to see concrete results.<\/p>\n

\u201cEfforts to prevent and address violence against indigenous women and girls do not start and should not end with a national inquiry,\u201d Shane Gottfriedson, a regional chief with the Assembly of First Nations, said in a written statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is an example of political commitment and now we must see that commitment turn into action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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