More safe housing needed to end violence against Indigenous women, say NDP MP, Indigenous advocates

'Housing is the biggest thing,' says NDP MP Lori Idlout, noting too many women are put at risk because there's not enough of it.

NDP MP Lori Idlout held a press conference in the West Block on Feb. 16 to call on the federal government to address the housing crisis facing northern and Indigenous communities. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

June 21, 2023

Ensuring adequate housing will be critical if the federal government is to make progress on its commitments to protecting Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGTBQI+ people from violence, according to the NDP Indigenous relations critic and advocates.

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