A new term was coined Monday, defined in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The commissioners call this problem “interjurisdictional neglect.”“That’s a very good term for it,” says Tim Richter, president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. “In many cases, this overlapping has resulted in the direct denial of services that could have saved lives,” the report reads. She says the term, “falling through the cracks” places the blame on the person for falling through them. “I think the term ‘interjurisdictional’ adds more seriousness to the issue,” Vickers says.

Source: National Post June 05, 2019 10:52 UTC