Canada begins consultations on alert system for missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people | 24CA News
Ottawa has began consultations on the creation of a public alert system, the Red Dress Alert, for lacking Indigenous ladies, ladies and two-spirited folks.
NDP Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan has been a vocal advocate for an Amber-Alert-like system for lacking Indigenous folks for fairly a while. She spoke with Global News Sunday morning.
“We are in the beginning stages of consultations and that’s really going to be born out of the discussions we have with folks who are working on the front lines, impacted family members and leadership,” she mentioned.
“We’ll see (what happens) after the consultations are done.”
Gazan mentioned the alert system is required now greater than ever earlier than, and the Canadian authorities agrees.
“The current Prime Minister called the crisis of murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited diverse gendered people an ongoing genocide. It is at crisis levels and has been acknowledged at the United Nations level,” she mentioned.
“We know that Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited diverse gendered peoples are going missing at disproportional rates. We also know through a national inquiry that, should we go missing, the systems in place to protect us have not done what needs to be done to make sure we are safe and we are found.”
The session course of simply began this previous Friday.
“I was up very late on Friday meeting with groups. That will guide the directions we are pursuing going forward,” Gazan mentioned.
“I want to make sure that it is done in an appropriate way, it is done in a trauma-informed way and it’s done where the voices that need to be heard are heard.”
Gazan mentioned she has been pushing for the Canadian authorities to create the Red Dress Alert system since she was elected in 2019. She needs to see the system in place and operational “in the new year.”
“Every moment we wait someone else goes missing,” Gazan mentioned.
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