It’s time for a fresh start for the inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women: Editorial – Thestar.com

A year after it was launched it’s time the government pulled the plug and replaced the commissioners before the hopes of families and Indigenous communities are completely crushed..

Sept. 25, 2017

The head of the commission looking into the tragic problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women did her best last week to reassure the public that the troubled inquiry is getting back on track.

Unfortunately, Judge Marion Buller’s explanations had the opposite effect. Her complaints about being held back by federal red tape that makes even procuring a computer a lengthy ordeal sounded like so much excuse-making almost 13 months after the inquiry began work.

It has become all too clear by now that the inquiry has lost its way. And as painful as it will be, it’s time the government pulled the plug and replaced the commissioners before the hopes of families and Indigenous communities are completely crushed.

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