The “Justice For Tina Fontaine” rally was joined this year by the International Women’s Day Toronto March, which is made up of a coalition of groups that organize around women’s issues. Just a little over a week after the man charged with second-degree murder in her death was acquitted of that crime , hundreds of people gathered at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto on Saturday demanding justice for Tina Fontaine and others like her. Her death was a key factor in convincing the Trudeau government to set up a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “I’ve learned not to expect much of the Canadian justice system, I never have,” said 16-year-old Madyson Arscott at Saturday’s rally. The federal government’s inquest into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, of which there are thousands, is conducting hearings across the country for people to give testimony.

Source: thestar March 04, 2018 00:43 UTC