Indigenous Justice Strategy has MN-S support
JThe federal Indigenous Justice Strategy has been finalized and has the support of the Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S).
“MN–S supports the outcomes of the work done in part with Justice Canada on the Indigenous Justice Strategy. Collaborating, government-to-government, with Justice Canada, the IJS represents a step in the right direction in supporting Métis caught in the cycle of systemic racism that exists within a colonial justice system,” said MN–S Vice President and Minister of Justice, Michelle LeClair in a news release.
The IJS includes a Métis-specific chapter that “will includes actions to address the systemic overrepresentation of all Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian justice system.”
Last year, the initiative “Kwayaskastasowin” was proposed the development of a Métis judiciary that would allow for judicial procedures that work with cultural values and traditions.
