Activists demand federal leaders address issues around Indigenous women

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Activists in Vancouver are demanding federal leaders address the issue of violence against Indigenous women and girls, ahead of Monday’s election.

Diana Day is with the Pacific Association of First Nations Women, she says so far during the election campaign, federal leaders haven’t addressed the hundreds of women who are abused or killed across Canada.

“We are really hoping that whoever wins this election, they will make particular attention to these call for justice because it is so important that our women are being targeted and we need justice reform,” Day says.

“It’s very surpris[ing] it wasn’t more of an issue.”

Earlier this year an inquiry called the violence aimed at Indigenous women and girls a “genocide” and offered more than 200 recommendations.

“It’s critical, it’s crucial. We need to be changing these laws,” she says.

“We need to have laws in place to protect Indigenous women and are going to stop predators from their blatant attacks on our women.”

Organizers of the event openly invited party leaders to the march, which Green Party Leader, Elizabeth May attended and addressed the concerns activists had.


“Greens are fully committed to fulfilling the recommendations of missing Indigenous women and girls.”

“I feel like this election campaign has missed out on a lot of important issues. This is a key one that we should have been discussing and we should know where every party stands and what we should do.”

The rally kicked off at Victory Square at noon and ended at Crab Park at 3 p.m.

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