Feds decline inquiry into missing Aboriginal women

[rubecube]

I honestly don't know enough about this to be critical of Harper, but I'm surprised to see the feds back off when there was a universal consensus among the premiers.

http://ckom.com/story/ottawa-dismiss...l-woman/122937

[mykalberta]

What was the scope of the inquiry to be?

I dont really see how it isnt racist to ask the Fed govt to

there should be a fund aimed specifically at supporting efforts to find missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Why are they more important to find than others who are also missing. The only missing persons group in society that is given any priority is Children and even that success rate is low (I am guessing) and that is only because they are the most vulnerable. Missing people are difficult to find and the cost to benefit ratio for the govt is likely very low.

Didnt the Feds recently give First Nations more powers a few years ago, has there been an AFN inquiry setup before asking the Feds to set one up for only one segment of one gender of society?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

What was the scope of the inquiry to be?

I dont really see how it isnt racist to ask the Fed govt to

Why are they more important to find than others who are also missing. The only missing persons group in society that is given any priority is Children and even that success rate is low (I am guessing) and that is only because they are the most vulnerable. Missing people are difficult to find and the cost to benefit ratio for the govt is likely very low.

Didnt the Feds recently give First Nations more powers a few years ago, has there been an AFN inquiry setup before asking the Feds to set one up for only one segment of one gender of society?

I don't understand the need for an inquiry unless there's outright proof of RCMP or Federal Government mishandling then I could see it.

But having a specific inquiry into this one issue would force inquiries into every single issue out there.

I just don't understand the end game of a inquiry at this point.

[Peanut]

I don't have 900 links to back up my source and I don't care to go find any, but my understanding is that, as a group, the percentage of missing Aboriginal women is alarmingly higher than that of any other "group" of women.

I'm not sure what the scope of the inquiry was supposed to be, but a few questions I have would be 1) are missing Aboriginal cases not being investigated as thoroughly by police/RCMP as other missing women/person cases and 2) assuming they are being investigated as thoroughly, why are so many more (% wise) going missing and what sort of safety nets could be put in place to help reduce the number of Aboriginal women in high risk lifestyles, etc.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I don't have 900 links to back up my source and I don't care to go find any, but my understanding is that, as a group, the percentage of missing Aboriginal women is alarmingly higher than that of any other "group" of women.

I'm not sure what the scope of the inquiry was supposed to be, but a few questions I have would be 1) are missing Aboriginal cases not being investigated as thoroughly by police/RCMP as other missing women/person cases and 2) assuming they are being investigated as thoroughly, why are so many more (% wise) going missing and what sort of safety nets could be put in place to help reduce the number of Aboriginal women in high risk lifestyles, etc.

You and I are kind of on the same page, but the inquiry shouldn't be placed around the missing woman concept as much as the life cycle and circle of poverty side of things. If the government announces an inquiry into that the Native chiefs start screaming about the feds impinging on the right to self rule so just shut up and give us more money.

Its a tar baby for lack of a better term that the government doesn't want to and probably shouldn't get into.