ADAM OLSEN -- We are being challenged today to take a deep long look at ourselves, our history and our modern society
Here are my initial comments on the findings of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry . I have not yet had the opportunity to read the full report and will be taking time in the next few days to look at it in more detail. However, here is the statement I made as the spokesperson on behalf of the B.C. Green Caucus. " Red Dress " by " Sheila Sund " used under license " CC by 2.0 " The Reclaiming Power and Place report says the thousands of Indigenous women and girls who were murdered or disappeared across the country in recent decades are victims of a "Canadian genocide” characterized by the disproportionate level of violence these communities face within Canada through "state actions and inactions rooted in colonialism and colonial ideologies." We are being challenged today to take a deep long look at ourselves, our history and our modern society. There may be a desire to downp...