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| The monument to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People outside the NWT Legislative Assembly. Emily Blake/CabinRadio |
The federal government has launched a new online tool that tracks its progress on the calls for justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
A Wednesday press release from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada stated the new reporting tool presents the results of its annual progress reports on the calls for justice “in a more accessible, visual and interactive format.”
The national inquiry released its final report in 2019, which included 231 calls for justice to various levels of government, media, service providers, police, industry and all Canadians.
Of those calls, 215 are directed at the federal government, which has also supported a further five actions.
The federal government released a national action plan to address the calls for justice in 2021.
The online reporting tool states that as of June 2024, the federal government has begun work on 115 of the calls for justice. A further 105 are “pending action.”
The tool allows users to search progress on the calls for justice by theme and government department.
The federal government said the online tool will be updated with the results of its 2024-25 progress report when it is released on June 3.
The launch of the tool was announced during opening remarks at the third annual national Indigenous, federal, provincial and territorial meeting on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People in Ottawa.
The NWT government has said Lucy Kuptana, the territory’s minister responsible for the status of women, is attending the meeting virtually.
The GNWT released its action plan to address the calls for justice in 2022. The territory is currently working to develop missing persons legislation, which was one of the calls for justice.
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