Mr. Speaker, every year on October 4, vigils are held to commemorate many missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
In my riding, the seventh Sisters in Spirit Vigil was held virtually via the Val-d'Or Native Friendship Centre's Facebook page. The centre chose to turn to the arts to honour the memory of these women and girls. In particular, we commemorated Joyce Echaquan, the young indigenous woman who died last week under unacceptable circumstances.
The day's events included a book launch for Elles se relèvent encore et encore by Julie Cunningham and a screening of Rustic Oracle, a film directed by Sonia Bonspille Boileau, at the Cinéma Capitol in Val-d'Or.
For the sake of all the missing and murdered women, we need to move forward with solutions, such as immediately implementing the recommendations set out in the report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.