Regional Chief for Manitoba, Kevin Hart, with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) stated Thursday that the Province of Manitoba should cooperate fully in supporting and participating in a national inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, in light of reported statements by Manitoba’s Justice Minister that there are concerns about the inquiry’s potential terms of reference.

“I am calling on the Government of Manitoba to fully support the upcoming national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and for Premier Pallister to honour the promise he made during the election to support the national inquiry” said Hart. “Recent reported statements are of deep concern to me.”  

Hart went on to say, “I am not only concerned but deeply offended that this government would be resistant to cooperating as this process gets underway.”