Prime Minister Justin Trudeau echoed the Indigenous Services Minister in a separate appearance Friday, saying he would be discussing the issue with the federal cabinet and the commissioner of the RCMP
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, on June 5, 2020.Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canada needs a reckoning over a repeated and disgusting pattern of police violence against Indigenous people.
Miller was there to provide an update on the status of COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities, but spent most of the nearly hour-long event answering questions about police violence and racism in Canada. “We need a larger reflection on changing the systems that do not do right by too many Indigenous people and racialized Canadians,” Trudeau said. Each of the incidents needs to be investigated fully, he said, but there are clearly larger issues that need to be tackled.“We have, continue to have, systemic racism in this country, systemic discrimination, that means racialized Canadians are vulnerable in these situations.
Quebec’s independent police investigation agency is going to help with the Edmundston shooting at the request of the RCMP, which is providing forensic support.
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