Aly Bear says implementation of calls for justice overdue

As the fourth anniversary of the release of the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls approaches, Aly Bear believes the crisis has only deepened.

Bear, who is 3rd vice chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations in Saskatchewan (FSIN), recently had the opportunity to bring up the issue with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at an event in Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask.

On the latest episode of Face to Face, Bear says she wanted Trudeau to know that violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit is a “crisis” and “a state of emergency.”