OTTAWA — The federal government is not ready to create a special police task force for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, a key demand from the ongoing national inquiry that will go unmet as the Liberal administration decides in the coming days whether to grant the process more time and money. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett cast doubt on the idea of a national police task force in an interview last week. Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett has cast doubt on the proposal for a special police task force to investigate cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Bennett told the Star that the idea of a special task force has merit, but it would be difficult to set up. Article Continued BelowFrancyne Joe, president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, said many families of missing and murdered women and girls feel a special police task force would help their healing and closure.

Source: thestar May 24, 2018 00:56 UTC