TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday the disappearances and deaths of indigenous women in Canada have too often been treated as a low priority or ignored and he promised a national action plan to end the problem. Trudeau was responding to an official inquiry report issued Monday after interviews with 2,380 family members and experts that said the problem was so serious it amounts to a “genocide.”“Time and again, we have heard of their disappearance, violence, or even death being labelled low priority or ignored,” Trudeau said. “To the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls of Canada, to their families, and to survivors — We have failed you” Trudeau said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the closing ceremony for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Gatineau, Canada, Monday, June 3, 2019. Lucki also said in a statement that investigators across Canada are actively reviewing files of missing and murdered women and said the RCMP would study the inquiry report.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2019 16:29 UTC