Mr. Speaker, we note that the commissioners of the national inquiry for missing indigenous women and girls asked for a two-year extension, but the minister granted it six months. Why only six months? Because, to quote the minister, “it would be important for the government to have time to respond to the final report before we go into an election.”
Could the minister guarantee that this timeline is not political opportunism and is really going to give the inquiry the time to do the work that needs to get done?