Motion urging MMIWG alert system gets House of Commons backing
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The non-binding motion introduced by NDP MP Leah Gazan also declared the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a Canada-wide emergency.
The House of Commons unanimously backed a motion Tuesday declaring the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a Canada-wide emergency — and calling for funding for a new system to alert the public when someone goes missing.
Leah Gazan, who represents a Winnipeg riding, presented the motion to her colleagues in the afternoon. She previously led an effort for the House to recognize the residential school system as a genocide, which it did last fall.
“The truth is the truth,” she told reporters after Tuesday’s vote. “It’s one thing to acknowledge truth, it’s another thing to act on it.”
Unanimous consent motions like the one Gazan introduced are non-binding and do not receive formal votes. Rather, they are adopted only if no MP voices opposition to them when the motion is moved.
The motion reflects the will of the House of Commons, rather than the government itself.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said advancing reconciliation with Indigenous people is one of his top priorities since forming government in 2015.
In 2019, he accepted the findings of a national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, which said the crisis amounted to a genocide.
Trudeau has since been criticized by groups such as the Native Women’s Association of Canada for failing to deliver on his commitments to fulfil the many recommendations directed at the federal government.
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