Pandemic makes delayed MMIWG action plan more urgent, say Senators, advocates

Consultations are ‘dragging on,’ say some who argue COVID-19 shouldn’t be used as an excuse for slow work and bad communication from the Liberals.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the government is still working on the action plan for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls after missing a June deadline, but didn't say when it will be ready. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 3, 2020

Indigenous politicians and organizations say rather than justify the government’s delay, the COVID-19 pandemic has created more urgency for it to finish the action plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. An acti...

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