10 Unheeded Calls for a Canadian Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
David P. Ball
2/11/14
Every Valentine's Day, indigenous women, their families and their allies rally across Canada to remember the now more than 824 missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls whose cases have gone unsolved and in many cases uninvestigated.
That updated statistic—previously estimated at nearly 600 before the Conservatives pulled the plug on Native women's data collection—was revealed by independent Ottawa researcher Maryanne Pearce in late January, the Winnipeg Free Press reported. Other advocates estimate the numbers could be many times worse, according to Rabble.ca.
Prime
Minister Stephen Harper has consistently refused to convene a national
inquiry into the high incidence of unsolved murders and disappearances
of indigenous women.
Prime
Minister Stephen Harper has consistently refused to convene a national
inquiry into the high incidence of unsolved murders and disappearances
of indigenous women.
Minister Stephen Harper has consistently refused to convene a national
inquiry into the high incidence of unsolved murders and disappearances
of indigenous women.
