‘It’s a heartbreaking reality’: Trudeau calls on Canadians to ‘recognize the truths’ heard during MMIWG inquiry

Under his government’s watch, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, the commission’s work and the stories collected 'will not be placed on a shelf to collect dust.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 3, 2019, receives the final report on the inquiry into the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls at a ceremony in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 3, 2019

GATINEAU, QUE.—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the release of the national inquiry’s report on the systemic violence that’s a feature of the lives of many Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people marks an “uncomfortable day” for Canadians.

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