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October 19th federal election saw increased voter turnout across the country, but particularly among First Nations people. This created pressure for the Liberals to follow through on an election promise: to arrange a public inquiry into murdered and missing Aboriginal women.
Last week, Justin Trudeau said that they will move forward on an inquiry, but 2 First Nation advocates are skeptical because they have family who have been affected by this and say this has not been a priority for far too long.
There have been 1,181 missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada since 1980. Currently, 174 Aboriginal women are missing across the country.
The announcement by Trudeau was in contrast to Stephen Harper, who continually turned away from an inquiry. The RCMP will release a report into missing and murdered women along the highway of tears, which is an 700 km route between Prince George and Prince Rupert BC. There have been 19 murder cases tied to that road alone.
Government won’t form officially until November 4th, but Trudeau said that this issue will be dealt with quickly.
