*(Originally published in the Lawyer’s Daily on August 8, 2017- edited) When the draft terms of reference of the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls were leaked to the media in the summer of 2016, many families, advocates, experts and communities were upset that there would be no investigation of the…
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Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Fatally Flawed
(Originally published in Lawyer’s Daily on May 15, 2017) It looks like those who advocated for the long-awaited national inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women and girls will be waiting a little while longer. Despite the promise from Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the national inquiry would be his first order of business,…
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National Inquiry or National Disgrace? Trudeau’s Next Step is Critical
Before being elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau told Canadians and First Nations that there was no more important relationship to him than the one with Indigenous peoples. To this end, he promised to engage with First Nations on a Nation-to-Nation basis where free, informed and prior consent means a veto. Once elected, he reiterated his…
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National Inquiry or National Disgrace? Trudeau’s Next Step is Critical
Before being elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau told Canadians and First Nations that there was no more important relationship to him than the one with Indigenous peoples. To this end, he promised to engage with First Nations on a Nation-to-Nation basis where free, informed and prior consent means a veto. Once elected, he reiterated his…
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Gang Rapes, Murders and Planting Evidence: New TV Show? No, Welcome to Ontario Policing
Pam Palmater and Toronto Police Inspector Steve Irwin Giving Testimony Before Parliament (CBC News) In 1989, the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall Jr., Prosecution found that the criminal justice system failed Marshall “at virtually every turn” due “to the fact that Donald Marshall, Jr., is a Native.”[i]…