On January 15 – 16, 2020, Pauktuutit held a two-day engagement session in Ottawa. The approximately 50 participants included Pauktuutit Board members, who represent and have their roots in communities across Inuit Nunangat.
Today Ms. Rebecca Kudloo, President of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, made the following statement on this first year anniversary of the final report on the National Inquiry into MMIWG.
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑎᓕᐅᕆᖅᑲᐅᕗᑦ ᐳᕋᐃᒻᒥᔅᑕ ᑐᕈᑐᒥᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᒃᑕᐅᑎᒋᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᕐᑎᒃᓯᑯᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᕐᑎᑕᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᕕᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᑭᓪᓕᓯᓂᐊᕐᑐᖃᓚᐅᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑭᓐᖑᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᖁᑕᒥᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕕᐊᕐᓯᐊᓂᒃ … ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒌᓪᓗᖑ ᑮᓇᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᑭᒫᕕᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᑐᒐᒥ.
Today, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada called on Prime Minister Trudeau to immediately implement at least one of the 46 Inuit-specific recommendations contained in last year’s Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) – namely, funding for five new Inuit shelters in Inuit Nunangat and in Ottawa.
Today, Ms. Rebecca Kudloo, President of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, made the following statement on the delay of the MMIWG National Action Plan.