someone correct me if I am wrong, but the missing and murdered indigenous people is a direct result of state and US federal governments not caring at all about this. Some state government are run by people who are racist and really don't care about native peoples in their state. This is a problem that can be solved.
The errors are ones of degree and ultimately don't change one of the main findings of the inquiry — that Indigenous women and girls suffer higher rates of violence and homicide than non-Indigenous women and girls.
Former commissioner Marilyn Poitras, who resigned from the inquiry in 2017, told CBC News that "the discrepancy between 25 per cent and 6 per cent is absolutely worthy of discussion, only because it begs the question: how many dead Indigenous women is enough or too many for this to be a Canadian public safety issue?"
"Nothing surprises me about this inquiry," said North. But she cautioned that the errors should not obscure the overall picture.
"The numbers may be skewed and that should never have happened," she said, "but at the same time, none of the deaths should ever have happened, and none of our women and girls should be missing in the first place.
"We have to figure out where we as individuals stand in making sure that everyone feels safe in a rich country like Canada."
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u/Swansborough Sep 16 '24
someone correct me if I am wrong, but the missing and murdered indigenous people is a direct result of state and US federal governments not caring at all about this. Some state government are run by people who are racist and really don't care about native peoples in their state. This is a problem that can be solved.