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Metis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) Minister Responsible for Justice, Lissa Smith would like to invite you to join her and Ministry staff to the following regional consultations that will be taking place in each region across our province beginning June 25, 2019 and ending in July 16. “We at MNBC have been working closely with the Province of British Columbia and the office of the Attorney General on the creation of the first ever Indigenous Justice Strategy for BC” said Smith. “We will host 7 regional consultation sessions starting June 2019 and will be complete by end of July 2019. Input from communities and citizens is vital to provide the best recommendations to government”, she continued. Sessions will be held in Kelowna, Prince George, Ft. St. John, Terrace, Nanaimo, Langley, and Cranbrook The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada’s Calls to Action, and the Draft Principles guide B.C. Public Service on relationships with Indige...

The most glaring deficiencies which occurred during the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIGW2S) is that it was biased, confrontational, contradictory, controversial, misandrist, racist and sexist. I say this because many, if not most of the ‘findings’ of the Commissioners, are applicable to men, women and gays of all cultures, not just to indigenous girls and women. Lack of shelter (homelessness) and poverty are universal maladies of our society. Lack of safe shelters for battered women is universal; we don’t have adequate facilities, particularly in remote areas. Discrimination against gays is universal; diminishing but still a problem. Lack of food (nutrition) is a result of poverty, not a separate problem. Sadly, the Inquiry correctly identified colonialism as a root cause of indigenous tribal and family breakdown -- something which has had a horrendous effect on indigenous peoples’ well-being -- but it failed...