‘Explicit’ details in response to MMIWG inquiry still to come, admits Bennett

Just days after critics warned Ottawa’s action plan was devoid of any tangible timelines, one minister acknowledged crucial markers like dates and funding will be outlined in a forthcoming ‘implementation plan,’ to be launched in the fall.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, pictured at right in 2020 as Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller looks on, says the release of the feds’ action plan in response to the MMIWG inquiry means ‘no one will ever be able to accuse any of the partners of having this plan sit on a shelf.’The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

June 4, 2021

As some of her cabinet colleagues on Friday reflected on the pace of reconciliation, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett defended Ottawa’s release of its long-awaited

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