Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the federal government is on the verge of presenting a solution to calls for a search at the Prairie Green Landfill in Manitoba to find the remains of two First Nations women believed to be murdered by an alleged serial killer.
The debate over funding a landfill search to find the remains of missing First Nations women has become a provincial election issue in Manitoba.
Cambria Harris — the daughter of Morgan Harris, one of the two women whose remains are believed to be buried somewhere in the sprawling landfill —in Ottawa on Sept. 18. She said she turned her back on the meeting because the minister wouldn't make a firm commitment to a search. Winnipeg Police say they believe the bodies of Harris and Marcedes Myran are somewhere in the private landfill facility north of Winnipeg.but has made no firm commitment to pay for a search. The study said a search could cost between $84 million and $184 million and could take one to three years.playing out in Manitoba's provincial election campaign
One Progressive Conservative billboard in Winnipeg says: "Stand firm against the unsafe $184 million landfill dig.""It's hard enough that I have to stand in front of these cameras and grieve while I fight to get her home," she said.Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Ottawa is working on a solution to address calls for a search of the Prairie Green Landfill in Manitoba.
"I believe that our premier and our PC team wanted to make sure that we were being clear and transparent with all Manitobans," Klein said.
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