Naming an Indigenous person as the next commissioner of the RCMP is 'an excellent idea,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday, but he cautioned against thinking that such an appointment would be enough to solve the force’s problems. cdnpoli
His office also confirmed Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation, as the first Indigenous justice for the Supreme Court of Canada.
Officers have faced allegations of failing to properly investigate or take seriously the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Afterward, she released a statement saying she should have more definitively acknowledged that systemic racism exists within the ranks of the RCMP.Article content
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