Mr. Speaker, it is not an either-or choice between investments and a national strategy.
Families of the 1,200 women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada deserve to see coordinated action to end the crisis. They deserve answers to understand how indigenous women, who make only up 4.3% of Canada's female population, represent 16% of all the women killed in Canada.
Will the government commit to concrete action with its provincial and territorial counterparts and call a national public inquiry?