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Pam Palmater, originally from Eel River Bar First Nation, says the use of the word evergreen in relation to the MMIWG national action plan signifies the lack of a plan. (Lisa MacIntosh)
Indigenous women s organizations and advocates say the newly released national action plan to end violence against Indigenous women and girls is not an adequate response to the crisis. This is not a national action plan, Pamela Palmater, chair in Indigenous governance at Ryerson University in Toronto told CBC News.
The plan, co-developed between federal and provincial governments, the National Families and Survivors Circle and several Indigenous partners, was released Thursday, the second anniversary of the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
The province is expected to pass Bill 79 in the coming days. The legislation would allow Indigenous families to access information about children who went missing in the health-care system, but advocates say it isn't enough.