Inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women fights in court for access to two RCMP files
A ceremonial fire is lit at the beginning of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Richmond, B.C. on April, 4, 2018.
Little is publicly known about the two disputed files other than their titles:"Missing Person: Missing Indigenous Woman" and"Homicide: Murdered Indigenous Woman."Both sides have agreed to an expedited process and hope to have hearing dates on the dispute before mid-May in the Federal Court of Canada, said Catherine Kloczkowski, a spokeswoman for the inquiry.
Federal lawyers and inquiry counsel then agreed to a procedure, in keeping with the common law, to test the RCMP's claims of privilege on 12 files most keenly sought by the forensic document-review team. During the interviews, the inquiry abandoned its challenge on one file when it became apparent the matter was still actively under police investigation. In addition, the government dropped its claim of privilege over another file, leaving the fates of 10 files to be decided.
The court must weigh the public interest in disclosing the two files to the inquiry against any public interest in keeping them under wraps.A paper bag used to collect the tears of those testifying, to then be burned in a sacred fire, is seen at hearings at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Richmond, B.C., on April 8, 2018.
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