Aboriginal groups listed on Tory action plan say they were not consulted – The Globe and Mail
Feb. 16 2015
Several aboriginal leaders who are listed as having provided input during the creation of the Conservative government’s action plan on violence against aboriginal women say they were not, in fact, consulted.
The discrepancies about the consultation process are surfacing just as native leaders prepare to sit down with federal cabinet ministers at an coming round table on Canada’s more than 1,181 murdered and missing aboriginal women.
In response to a formal request from Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan regarding the action plan and the feedback that shaped it, Status of Women Canada provided a list of 12 organizations – and the specific individuals from those organizations – that it says were consulted. The department’s response includes the time, date and location of the relevant meeting or phone call.
