Red ribbons in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women are attached to the Cornelius Bignell Bridge outside The Pas, Man. (Jaison Empson/CBC)Red ribbons in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women are attached to the Cornelius Bignell Bridge outside The Pas, Man. (Jaison Empson/CBC)In April 1988, the province launched the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in response to the 1971 murder of Osborne and the 1988 police shooting of Oji-Cree leader John Joseph Harper in Winnipeg. The inquiry’s mandate was clear: "To consider whether and the extent to which Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal persons are treated differently by the justice system and whether there are specific adverse effects, including possible systemic discrimination against Aboriginal people, in the justice system," the report reads. The report outlined 296 recommendations intended to right the racism-fuelled wrongs of Manitoba’s justice system.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2021 17:29 UTC