MMIWG report and genocide: Why the word is so controversial

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Commissioners for the national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls say the report’s conclusion that genocide was committed against Indigenous people in Canada is justified because of generations of violence. Critics argue the term is not applicable to this history.

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