I think where the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry in B.C. really fell apart was on the initial arrangements around how civil society would be able to participate. There were a number of groups that were granted standing, but then were unable to participate because there was no funding for legal representation. There was a very out of balance situation where there were many legal representatives for police officers involved, and there was one representative for indigenous interests, and one legal representative for the interests of the downtown eastside. In fact the representative for the indigenous interests ended up resigning, because she was having such difficulty putting the issues that were of importance to her constituency before the commission.
I would say the critical thing for a national commission of inquiry would be to learn from the B.C. example and to make sure that all stakeholders are not just invited to the table, but are made to have real access so that they can actually be there at the table.