The NWAC_CA has walked away from what it calls a 'fundamentally flawed' and politically motivated process to draft a national action plan for implementing the recommendations of an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
OTTAWA -- The Native Women's Association of Canada has walked away from what it calls a "fundamentally flawed" and politically motivated process to draft a national action plan for implementing the recommendations of an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was launched in August 2016 and heard from more than 2,300 people over two years. Her office said Tuesday that the plan will finally be unveiled on Thursday, the second anniversary of the release of the inquiry's final report. For example, she said her organization -- which was instrumental in pushing the federal government to hold the inquiry in the first place -- was not invited to be part of the First Nations, Metis, Inuit, 2SLGBTQQIA, or Family Survivors Circle committees, even though they addressed issues of importance to the people her group represents.
In its self-made plan released Tuesday morning, entitled "Our Calls, Our Actions," the association lays out details of 65 steps it plans to take to address the recommendations from the MMIWG inquiry. "The difference here is our own women designing the programming, leading the programming, because you need trust and you need to heal all the aspects of the person, not just one side."
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