MMIWG Inquiry kicks off, Sask. groups worry about registration process
Across Canada families missing mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters and aunts will begin telling their stories as the national inquiry gets underway today in Whitehorse.
The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Woman’s Circle Corporation (SAWCC) is building a comprehensive list of names of women who either went missing or were murdered and paying close attention to police files which have either been deemed suspicious or closed.
Judy Hughes, the president of SAWCC said the list contains roughly 150 names – so far the organization has registered 16 families to attend inquiry hearings in Saskatchewan.
Hughes said some families which want to attend the inquiry have had issues registering through the government’s inquiry website.