Opinion: The investigation amounts to flip\u002Dflop after Indigenous groups expressed outrage. Farnworth\u0027s ministry said last year next steps were up to Ottawa
The minister sounded as if he had only just learned of the allegations, but the commission said a copy of the report was sent to him two years ago, on April 13, 2021. It concluded: “No one in a position of authority in E-Division reasonably ensured a timely assessment of criminal misconduct or code of conduct breaches.”Article content
Not only did Lucki sign off on the report in 2021, but also she sent a letter of apology to retired Staff Sgt. Garry Kerr. who sparked the complaints commission investigation with a 2015 complaint.Article content It stated the Crown’s indifference to violence against Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people continues to cost lives and traumatize countless others.Article content
It was the main topic of discussion behind the scenes at last week’s Downtown Eastside Women’s Memorial march and the recent Assembly of First Nations’ national gathering in Vancouver. Marion Buller, a commissioner with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, said “a white man” shouldn’t have been taken more seriously than First Nations families and victims who made similar claims for decades.Article content
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