The Native Women’s Association of Canada says its current management has "discovered serious and significant financial irregularities" that
The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) says its current management has "discovered serious and significant financial irregularities" that its board was unaware of, as it shutters businesses and sells off property worth millions of dollars.
The prominent national advocacy group has been engulfed in turmoil over the last year, but it now says it wants to return to collective advocacy, saying in an unsigned statement issued Tuesday that it's co-operating fully with a federal audit covering fiscal years 2018-2024 while conducting an internal review of its own.
"We are committed to rebuilding NWAC as an organization of truth and transparency," the statement said.
The Native Women's Association of Canada says the federal budget fails Indigenous women for not providing dedicated funding for Indigenous women’s organizations.
“The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) is denouncing the federal government's 2019 budget, saying it "fails Indigenous women."
While the budget includes a chapter on advancing reconciliation, NWAC president Francyne Joe said it includes no dedicated funding for Indigenous women's organizations.
"Nowhere in this budget do we see a culturally relevant, gender-based line item. This is all very blanketed budget items that overlook Indigenous women," said Joe.
"It's discouraging when Indigenous women have been trying to speak with the government to ensure that our voices are being heard, and we're continuing being ignored or excluded from decision-making."
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National Indigenous women's group wants public apology from inquiry for falling short of commitments
The federal government's inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls has been given a series of failing grades by a national Indigenous women's group, even before the inquiry has heard from the families of the victims.
The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC), in its second report card on the inquiry, has singled out a number of areas where the commission holding the inquiry has let people down through poor communications, planning and outreach.
The federal government launched the $53.8-million independent inquiry in August 2016. The inquiry is still being set up, and will not start hearing from families until the end of the month.
The inquiry's interim report is due Nov. 1, 2017, giving the five commissioners only months to hear from stakeholders and family members that want to testify.
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The report card graded the commission holding the inquiry on 15 areas, giving 10 areas a "fail" and three an "action required" rating, while noting that it did not have enough information to grade the inquiry in two other areas.
Native Women’s Association of Canada says communication with victims' families is lacking
The commission heading up a long-awaited inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) gets a failing grade when it comes to keeping victims' families in the loop, according to the first report card issued by the Native Women's Association of Canada.
"Families and loved ones of the MMIWG were discouraged by the lack of communication from the inquiry following its official date of establishment on September 1, 2016," NWAC president Francyne D. Joe said Thursday in a news release. "They deserved to have some communication about how and when they could expect to provide their testimonies."
The $53.8-million independent inquiry, led by five commissioners, is still being set up, and is not expected to start hearing formal testimony from the families until spring. The commissioners are expected to submit an interim report in fall 2017, and a final report by the end of 2018.
The NWAC intends to issue a quarterly report on how well the inquiry is meeting its directives and mandates as it progresses using a colour-coded grading system: green for pass, yellow for action required, red for fail and grey for insufficient information.
So far, it's all yellows and greys, according to NWAC's first report card. Notably, the commission gets yellow grades for not doing enough to communicate with the affected family members.
"Many concerns and questions requiring response remain unanswered," Joe said. "The lack of official phone numbers, emails, and use of personal social media accounts remains a concern. This unofficial and unsecured style of communication has led to inconsistent messaging and the perception of favouritism by commissioners, as they meet unofficially with some family members but not others."
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