Feds present Canada's action plan on Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & 2SLGBTQQIA+ | FULL

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett joined members of the National Family and Survivors Council (NFSC) and Indigenous organizations on Thursday to mark the release of the National Action Plan on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People (NAP).

It's been two years since the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report after gathering testimonies from families and survivors across the country.

The plan, branded as the long-promised national action plan, is something of a preliminary, but comprehensive, framework developed by a large group of partners, including the families of victims and survivors, each of Canada’s distinct Indigenous groups as well as provincial, territorial and federal governments.

The federal government is committing to funding and co-developing targeted initiatives to address many systemic barriers identified by a national inquiry into Indigenous women who have disappeared or been killed in Canada.

As part of the plan, Trudeau announced additional funding to help with the implementation of a "federal pathway" document that outlines Ottawa's planned steps to address the 231 calls to justice in the national inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) focused on four themes: culture, health and wellness, security and safety, and justice. He also added that the preliminary national action plan presented that day would continue to evolve.

In its commitments to address racism and barriers to care in the health system, Ottawa also proposes to support the advancement of “Joyce’s principle” — an initiative named for Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old mother of seven children who died at a Quebec hospital after suffering degrading insults from hospital staff.

The plan does not include any dollar figures or funding commitments, but it does say funding, timelines and identifying who will be responsible for making each commitment happen will be among the next steps.

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