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Federal government consulting Manitoba families of MMIW in pre-inquiry meeting

A group of aboriginal protesters hold hands during a prayer outside the National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Friday, February 27, 2015 in Ottawa.
A group of aboriginal protesters hold hands during a prayer outside the National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Friday, February 27, 2015 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

WINNIPEG -– The federal government is consulting with families of missing and murdered indigenous women in Winnipeg to determine how a national inquiry should be conducted.

The pre-inquiry design meeting is meant to find out what victims’ families want to see come from an inquiry.

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The government has been conducting these meetings in other cities around the country since December.

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Three federal ministers are leading the pre-inquiry design process: Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raynould, and Minister of Status of Women Patty Hajdu.

The meetings are not open to the public or the media because of the nature of the discussions however summaries of each meeting are being posted here.

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