First Nations Group calls for national inquiry
Posted Jul 30, 2011 04:07:19 AM.
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A First Nations Group has called for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls across the country. The Native Women’s Association of Canada said it has been shut out of the B-C inquiry into the case of serial killer Robert Pickton. Association president Jeannette Corbiere said her group has been denied funding by the B-C government to participate in the inquiry into how authorities dealt with the Pickton case. She said the association has no confidence the Pickton inquiry will be able to produce a fair and balanced report. She went on to say that the province’s decision to fund lawyers primarily for police and government agencies means the process has become flawed and one sided.
The provincial government has said it will only pay the legal bills for the families of Pickton’s victims, not third parties. A number of other groups have said they can’t afford to take part in the Pickton inquiry without government help.
