Mr. Speaker, the minister did not stand; he stayed in his seat. Shame on them.
During Justice Sinclair's address, the room erupted with cheers when he called for a national inquiry on missing and murdered indigenous women, yet the minister pointedly stayed in his seat.
There are now more than 1,200 missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada. Without justice for these women and their families, there can be no reconciliation.
Will the minister do the right thing and commit to immediately launching a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women?