Mr. Speaker, Rinelle Harper is a survivor. She is a 16-year-old first nations girl who was sexually assaulted, beaten, and thrown into the Assiniboine River. She pulled herself out of the river where she was again beaten and left for dead. Grand Chief David Harper stated, “...today, moving forward as family and as a community we ask that this is a time [that the] wind has to change. ...it is [in] each and every one of us, [it is] our responsibility [to be able] to make that change. We have to put an end to violence...”.
My question is for the Prime Minister. When is the government going to call for a public inquiry on the murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls?