Since its launch, the national inquiry has been criticized for not focusing enough on police missteps during investigations involving Indigenous women. Police agencies in eight major Canadian cities — Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal — say they have not been contacted by the national inquiry to provide documents. We have never been contacted to provide files.” The EPS is currently conducting its own review of cold cases involving Indigenous women. “The family would request this information themselves as part of evidence to submit to the national inquiry in their hearing,” she said. “Only the information arrived a month after the hearing.”The national inquiry was initially given until November 2018 to produce its final report.

Source: National Post February 14, 2018 00:33 UTC