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Liberals promise $13M for missing, murdered Indigenous women commemorations
Jun 24, 2019 | 11:35 AM
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OTTAWA — Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef says the federal government will fund more than 100 projects to “honour the lives and legacies” of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Funding for the commemorations will come from a $13-million fund Monsef unveiled today in Winnipeg.
Last winter, the government asked for proposals for commemorations, anticipating the report this month of the national inquiry into the generations of Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing, or known to have been killed.
Monsef says the approved projects include events, activities and creative works organized by First Nations, friendship centres and social-service agencies that help Indigenous people.
