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MMIWG’s “Genocide” Conclusion, Cooper’s Comments – June 4, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers the opening remarks at the Women Deliver 2019 Global Conference in Vancouver. The prime minister responds to questions about the MMIWG Inquiry’s final report calling the enabling of violence against Indigenous women and girls “genocide,” the ratification of the New NAFTA, and more. Liberal MP Robert-falcon Ouellette and People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier also speak to reporters about the use of the term “genocide” in the MMIWG report. Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault, Conservative MP Rob Nicholson, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May answer questions about the possible expungement of Conservative MP Michael Cooper’s comments at a committee. Cooper read from the from the Christchurch mosque shooter’s terrorist manifesto at last week’s House justice committee in response to testimony from a witness. Bloc MP Monique Pauzé, NDP MP Robert Aubin, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May hold a news conference calling for the government to hold a public inquiry into the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. The MPs are joined by Robert Bellefleur, a spokesperson for the Coalition des citoyens engagés pour une sécurité ferroviaire à Lac-Mégantic. Transport Minister Marc Garneau responds to the call for an inquiry.