Premiers, PM missing in action – Winnipeg Free Press

March 3, 2015

What is to be said of premiers who demand a national inquiry into the abhorrent levels of violence suffered by aboriginal women in Canada, but then do not show up at a one-day meeting to talk about solutions? Dereliction of duty tops the list.

With Prime Minister Stephen Harper also absent, it’s not surprising that Friday’s roundtable on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls produced little. Cabinet ministers and bureaucrats do not have the political clout to sign up for projects that cost money.

So what did we get? Premier Greg Selinger promised to bring the families of Manitoba victims together with police and justice officials. Not a bad idea, given this is one of the top complaints from relatives. Many have stated police leave them out of the loop, investigations move too slowly and police don’t seem committed to their cases.

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