Adelaide
10-09-2017, 08:52 AM
Two additional staff members are leaving the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the latest in a long string of departures. Over the weekend, chief commissioner Marion Buller announced that lead commission counsel Susan Vella has left the beleaguered inquiry "effective immediately." Director of research, Aimeé Craft, meanwhile, will depart later this fall. In recent months, the inquiry had already seen the resignation of several of its key staffers – including one of its five commissioners in July – against a backdrop of dwindling support.
"The focus has been on the inquiry dysfunction and not on the families, not on the women and the girls," said Maggie Cywink, whose sister Sonya Cywink was murdered in 1994. "It's failing miserably, and it has to stop." She called on senior leaders of the inquiry, including its five commissioners, to step down. "It just seems to be tumbling down a hill … they're just causing so much damage."
Since its launch last year, the inquiry has been the subject of repeated complaints from families such as Ms. Cywink's, who say the process has been mired in delays and inadequate communication. Turmoil within the organization, including resignations of staffers, has only exacerbated matters.
Two more staff members leave missing and murdered indigenous women inquiry - Globe and Mail (https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-inquiry-undergoes-another-shakeup/article36522934/)
So, I will provide some background. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women):
Missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) in Canada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada) is a social issue that has received a great deal of attention by the media and government. The exact number of Indigenous (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas) women, girls, and two-spirit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit) people that have gone missing or have been murdered in Canada over the past 30 to 40 years is in dispute, with some estimating 500 missing women,[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-1) and other citing statistics of 1100.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-2)
A significant aspect to this is the Highway of Tears, where women have been disappearing for years (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women):
The term Highway of Tears (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears_murders) refers to the murder and disappearances of mainly Indigenous women along the 700 kilometre stretch of Highway 16 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_16) from Prince George (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia) to Prince Rupert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia), British Columbia, since 1969.[13] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-13)[14] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-14)[15] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-15) Government organizations and Indigenous organizations have different estimates of the number victims along the highway, with police estimating 19 and other organizations placing the number closer to 40.[16] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-16)
So the government sets up an inquiry to try and figure out how to proceed forward, deal with the past, plan for the future... and it seems the inquiry members are more concerned with playing office politics. Can't imagine if it were my family member missing/murdered and these idiots were basically destroying the ability to try and deal with the issue.
"The focus has been on the inquiry dysfunction and not on the families, not on the women and the girls," said Maggie Cywink, whose sister Sonya Cywink was murdered in 1994. "It's failing miserably, and it has to stop." She called on senior leaders of the inquiry, including its five commissioners, to step down. "It just seems to be tumbling down a hill … they're just causing so much damage."
Since its launch last year, the inquiry has been the subject of repeated complaints from families such as Ms. Cywink's, who say the process has been mired in delays and inadequate communication. Turmoil within the organization, including resignations of staffers, has only exacerbated matters.
Two more staff members leave missing and murdered indigenous women inquiry - Globe and Mail (https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-inquiry-undergoes-another-shakeup/article36522934/)
So, I will provide some background. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women):
Missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) in Canada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada) is a social issue that has received a great deal of attention by the media and government. The exact number of Indigenous (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas) women, girls, and two-spirit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit) people that have gone missing or have been murdered in Canada over the past 30 to 40 years is in dispute, with some estimating 500 missing women,[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-1) and other citing statistics of 1100.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-2)
A significant aspect to this is the Highway of Tears, where women have been disappearing for years (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women):
The term Highway of Tears (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears_murders) refers to the murder and disappearances of mainly Indigenous women along the 700 kilometre stretch of Highway 16 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_16) from Prince George (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia) to Prince Rupert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia), British Columbia, since 1969.[13] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-13)[14] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-14)[15] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-15) Government organizations and Indigenous organizations have different estimates of the number victims along the highway, with police estimating 19 and other organizations placing the number closer to 40.[16] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women#cite_note-16)
So the government sets up an inquiry to try and figure out how to proceed forward, deal with the past, plan for the future... and it seems the inquiry members are more concerned with playing office politics. Can't imagine if it were my family member missing/murdered and these idiots were basically destroying the ability to try and deal with the issue.