Mr. Speaker, today being June 3, we have hit the seventh anniversary of the tabling of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry.
The petitioners call the attention of Parliament to the ongoing harm toward indigenous peoples and communities, through both historical and ongoing colonization and genocide. The petitioners point out that the legal and social change needed to address the high rates of violence against indigenous women and girls was pointed out in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry, and there are over 231 calls for justice.
The petitioners point out that the federal government is jointly or directly accountable for 76 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action, but has only acted on 13 to date. Of the 231 calls for justice in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, there have only been, at this point, three dealt with according to the last data.
The petitioners call on the government to fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to prioritize funding and policies that advance Canada's process for reconciliation and justice.