The more than $100 million in funding the federal government has earmarked for Indigenous women's shelters is only part of the solution to violence against Indigenous women and girls, says a former commissioner for a national inquiry that investigated the issue.
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Mitchell will remain in office for another three years after an election with the highest voter turnout since the Qalipu First Nation was recognized as Indigenous band in 2011.
Three Mi'kmaw candidates running against incumbent Qalipu First Nation Chief Brendan Mitchell say they can better handle the contentious enrolment issues of one of the largest landless bands in Canada.