Question Period Note: Prairie Green Landfill

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Reference number:
CIR-2024-QP-2844
Date received:
Sep 13, 2024
Organization:
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Name of Minister:
Anandasangaree, Gary (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations

Suggested Response:

• The violent deaths of Indigenous women in Winnipeg, and elsewhere in Canada, are heartbreaking and a painful reminder of the national crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people.
• In April 2024, the Government of Canada announced $20 million in funding to match investments made by the Government of Manitoba to conduct a search of the Prairie Green Landfill for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran.
• The Government of Manitoba is leading the search, and we are hopeful for closure for the families.

Background:

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Additional Information:

If pressed on how the federal government will respond to future requests
• We will continue to work with Indigenous communities and leaders to address the root causes of violence, and prevent more tragedies like these from happening in the future.
• This crisis will only be over when every Indigenous woman, girl, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse person in Canada is safe, honoured and free from violence.