Federal election: Canada's next government should shift from reconciliation to decolonization and Indigenous self-determination

By Liam Midzain-Gobin, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Brock University

The federal government released the 2021 National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, And 2SLGBTQQIA+ People on June 3, 2021. The plan came two years after the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report, Reclaiming Power and Place.

The plan’s release was somewhat rocky, coming days after the Native Women’s Association of Canada

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