Two more staff members have left the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, just a day after the inquiry named a new executive director. The departures were announced after the inquiry posted an announcement on social media late Friday saying that Debbie Reid had been named the inquiry’s new executive director. Those departures include Michele Moreau, who resigned as executive director in June and inquiry commissioner Marilyn Poitras, a Metis lawyer from Saskatchewan, who resigned in July. Read more: Government policies making it difficult for MMIW inquiry to do its work on time: chief commissionerArticle Continued BelowVella’s departure is effective immediately. The inquiry has faced criticism in recent months from victims’ families who said they were not being adequately consulted about the shape of the inquiry.

Source: thestar October 08, 2017 02:26 UTC