The Canadian government continues to refuse renewed demands for an inquiry into the hundreds of aboriginal women who have gone missing or have been murdered in recent years.
‘Society should be horrified’
More than one thousand people gathered in the western city of Winnipeg Tuesday night after the body of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine found in a river, wrapped in a plastic bag. Police say she was murdered, one sergeant adding, “Society should be horrified.”
Aboriginal groups, opposition members of Parliament and the United Nations special rapporteur on indigenous rights have in the past demanded an inquiry on missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Still no inquiry, says justice minister
The government has said no again. Federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay offered his condolences in a statement, but added the Conservative government is addressing the issue in different ways, including aboriginal justice programs and a national index of the DNA of missing people.
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