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Women of the Metis Nation meets with the Honourable Carolyn Bennett

President Omeniho of Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak is meeting with the Honourable Carolyn Bennett of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and discusses how government of Canada to engage Metis Women to build

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Minister Monsef leads Canadian Delegation to the 62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Status of Women Canada NEW YORK, March 12, 2018 /CNW/ – Canada is deeply committed to working with its partners to improve the lives of

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Opposition building to mmiwg inquiry extension

Kathleen MartensAPTN News Tasked with seeking a solution to continuing violence against Indigenous women in Canada, a national inquiry is instead being blamed for sowing

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Women of the Métis Nation does not support the National Inquiry’s request for millions of dollars and an extension of time

Ottawa, ON— The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (the National Inquiry) has asked for a two-year extension and $50 million

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Métis Nation Statement on Indigenous Child and Family Services Reform

Métis National Council OTTAWA, Jan. 26, 2018 /CNW/ – The Métis Nation is encouraged by the outcome of today’s emergency meeting on Indigenous Child and

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On eve of emergency meeting everyone agrees child welfare system is in crisis

APTN InFocus It’s a humanitarian crisis. That’s the focus of a two-day ‘emergency meeting’ on child welfare in Ottawa happening Thursday and Friday. The child

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‘No rudder’: MMIW inquiry asks for more time, more money to expand its work, but some Indigenous groups aren’t convinced

OTTAWA — The promises are enormous. In the next two years, the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women says it will hold up

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Trudeau sidesteps calls to reboot MMIW inquiry amid calls for resignations

By The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving no indication he will address the growing demand for change to the independent inquiry his

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