Devil in the details at roundtable on murdered, missing aboriginal women
Posted Feb 25, 2015 04:05:23 PM.
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OTTAWA – Getting Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples, the provinces and territories and the federal government to gather together in the same room is no small feat.
But familiar sticking points are sure to return Friday during a roundtable meeting on the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women — particularly when it comes to deciding who will pay for and administer the parts of a plan to end the violence.
Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde says that could lead to some “challenging discussions” among the groups when they sit down later this week at a downtown Ottawa hotel.
The roundtable will bring together families of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, groups representing First Nations, Inuit and Metis, and representatives of the provinces, territories and the federal government.
The agenda has been whittled down to three key themes: prevention and awareness; community safety; and policing measures and justice responses.
Bellegarde says there’s already talk of the groups meeting again in a year’s time to take stock of their progress.
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