Families want more resignations from missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry
WINNIPEG — Cries from frustrated families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls grew louder Wednesday as advocates in different parts of the country called for a reboot of the study following the resignation of a Metis commissioner.
Bridget Tolley, who has spent 16 years searching for answers in the death of her mother Gladys, said she was about to meet with members of the inquiry at a Toronto hotel when she learned Marilyn Poitras — one of five commissioners named last summer by the Liberal government — resigned from her position.
The focus of the meeting was an open letter released by a coalition of advocates in May who argued the commission needed to shift its approach and suggested it was in “serious trouble.”
Yet, there was no mention of Poitras’ departure, Tolley said in an interview Wednesday.