Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty; Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty; Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand; Minister of Women and Gender Equality Canada and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) Rechie Valdez issued the following statement:
"The people who gathered on February 14, 1992, united in mourning over the tragic murder of a First Nations woman in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, had an important message for the nation: We need to do better by Indigenous women and girls. Today, on the 35th Annual Women's Memorial March, that call for a collective commitment to action is as important as ever.
Over the past year, we have taken meaningful steps forward. Under the guidance and leadership of Giganawenimaanaanig, the Red Dress Alert pilot project engagement concluded and their final report has been released. Such an alert would notify communities quickly when an Indigenous woman, girl, or 2SLGBTQI+ person goes missing to help return them to safety. We advanced the Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People
