Inquiry into murdered, missing indigenous women to break legal ground
OTTAWA — People should not expect to see the kinds of hearings usually found in courtrooms when the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women begins, lead commissioner Marion Buller said Tuesday.
The process will let indigenous people tell their own stories in their own way, Buller said at a news conference alongside her fellow commissioners and members of the inquiry’s legal team.
Her update was scheduled following questions over the status of the inquiry and the recent removal of its communications director.
Patience has been growing thin among advocates and families, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson said Tuesday, noting commissioners should have communicated more effectively to help alleviate concerns.