MP Says Sisters In Spirit Money Can’t Go To Police
Tuesday, August 03, 2010 at 13:18
An NDP MP in Ontario has begun a petition to ensure federal funding is provided to the second stage of the Sisters In Spirit initiative by the Native Women’s Association of Canada.
Irene Mathyssen is also the NDP critic for the Status of Women.
Mathyssen says she started the petition because she says everyone needs to know what happened to the 582 missing and murdered women in Canada.
She is concerned the federal government is going to spend $10 million earmarked for the issue of missing and murdered women on policing.
Mathyssen says more policing won’t solve the problem.
She encourages people to visit her website and sign the petition.