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Political parties being criticized for failing to include the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in their election platforms
BY , Oct 14, 2020 10:36 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
In this three panel photograph; Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau, from left to right, NDP Leader John Horgan and Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19. A provincial election will be held in British Columbia on October 24. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
BC's three main political parties are being criticized for failing to include the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in their election platforms.
A coalition of 18 groups, including the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, has sent a letter to the New Democrat, Liberal and Green leaders expressing ``grave concern and disappointment'' about the lack of any policies to implement the findings of a national inquiry into murdered and missing women.
The coalition says the COVID-19 pandemic proves governments can move quickly when lives are at risk, yet the failure to act on missing and murdered women signals the lives of the victims ``lack value.''
The groups urge the parties to explain how they would create and fund an action plan to implement the findings of the national inquiry.
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