Several of the measures put forward by the Ministry of Public Security aim to strengthen Indigenous police forces.

"The majority of victims are not people being brought from other countries into Canada, it's Canadian young women."

'What we often see is that the interests of Indigenous people continue to be weighed less than the interests of the larger Canadian public.'

The news follows a previous realignment after Winnipeg police officers with Project Devote were reassigned to the homicide unit last year due to a backlog of murder investigations.

The term was used in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls this week, prompting debate.

The 1,200-page report blames violence against Indigenous women and girls on long-standing discrimination against Indigenous people and Canada's failure to protect them.

The number of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls continues to weigh on the hearts and minds of members of the Blood Tribe in southern Alberta.

Wednesday marks the first observance of an annual day in Manitoba to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.