Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are concerned about how the commission overseeing a long-awaited national inquiry is collecting names for its database. To date, there are just 122 family members' names in the commission's database, despite other databases in Canada pegging the number at well over 1,000. The commission says the onus is on family members themselves to register the names — something that may not be widely known. Sue Montgomery, commission spokesperson, told CBC News that family members can register in four ways: email, fax, mail or via the inquiry website. "Putting the onus on family members, it's problematic in that family members are not given the tools and sufficient time to submit their names," says Joe.

Source: CBC News March 21, 2017 22:58 UTC