“We need this inquiry and we need answers.”The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry has been embroiled in controversy and faces numerous criticisms, including failing to provide sufficient support to families. Justice Minister Mark Furey said the outreach workers will support Indigenous women and families as they share their traumatic stories with the inquiry. Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association president Cheryl Maloney said providing culturally appropriate services for Indigenous communities is “long overdue” and should continue beyond the inquiry’s time frame. We’re preparing families and offering them the support or healing they may need.”The inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women is moving forward despite calls from some groups for a restart. The inquiry is examining the systemic issues behind the high number of Indigenous women who have been killed or disappeared over the last four decades.

Source: National Post September 07, 2017 17:26 UTC