Feds strike working groups to tackle delayed MMIWG action plan

Groups say they're pleased to see Ottawa picking up the pace, while the Ontario Native Women’s Association says its exclusion 'makes zero sense' and means some women will fall through the cracks in the conversation.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett's department has struck a number of working groups to start drafting the various sections of the action plan, including a focus on First Nations, Métis, Inuit, data, and urban communities.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

September 30, 2020

The Liberal government has struck 10 working groups to fulfill its Throne Speech promise of an accelerated timeline to complete the already delayed action plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. In the weeks befor...

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