The report on MMIWG, being released today in Ottawa, calls on government and police to address endemic violence. | CBCNews
To ensure more equitable outcomes, the inquiry said, more Indigenous judges, justices of the peace and police should be hired to ensure Indigenous voices are in positions of power in the criminal justice system.
"The federal government's First Nations Policing Program must be replaced with a new legislative and funding framework, consistent with international and domestic policing best practices and standards, that must be developed by the federal, provincial, and territorial governments in partnership with Indigenous Peoples."
Michèle Audette, one of the commissioners and a former president of the Quebec Native Women's Association, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police need fundamental reforms. Trudeau said his government will now begin the work of developing an action plan to address the "absolutely unacceptable" levels of violence directed at Indigenous women and girls.
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