For this to succeed, a portion of the funding should come from First Nations governance ... and from the Federal government
For many years now there has been much ' talk ' about the so-called "Highway of Tears", which runs along the highway corridor between Prince George and Prince Rupert (Yellowhead Highway #16). This is due of course to the large number of women who have gone missing along its route (although numbers have been enlarged by some to also include missing and murdered woman from along Highway 97 through the Cariboo, and if memory serves me correct, as far South West as Merritt, BC as well. They are part of a larger group of Missing and Murdered First Nations women, although not all missing and murdered women from the corridor are First Nations. You will have noted that I italicized the word " Talk " because that is all that seems to happen -- talk. "Something must be done" many cry, and yet NO action takes place. Why is that seems to be the question that goes unanswered. First Nations groups blame federal and provincial governments al...