With five months to go under current timelines, observers eager for word on MMIW inquiry’s extension request

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett’s office said a response is coming ‘shortly,’ having previously suggested an announcement would come by last week. sss

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, pictured at the Assembly of First Nations' special assembly on federal legislation in Gatineau, Que. on May 1.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 4, 2018

It’s been three months since the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women submitted a request for an extension—for two more years and another $50-million—to the federal government, and with only five months to go under the current timeline, observers are urging the governmen...

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