I'm looking at this through the lens of an indigenous woman. Often it feels like our lives are not valued and that we don't matter. It sends a message to society that it's okay to kill us, it's okay to kidnap us and it's okay to exploit us when governments do not take the necessary transformative action where there is an impact on the ground.
I want to feel safe and secure as an indigenous woman in this country and that my granddaughters and generations to come will know that our lives are valued. If we go missing, I want to know that people are going to look for us and take transformative action, that we're going to be safely located and that, more importantly, we're not going to continue to go missing at alarming rates. I want to know that our lives matter, we're valued, we have equity and equality in this country and our rights are upheld.