National strategy will help end over-representation of Indigenous people in justice system – My Prince George Now

Mar. 26th, 2025

The BC First Nations Justice Council said the new national Indigenous Justice Strategy will help to address systemic discrimination and the over-representation of Indigenous people in Canada’s justice system.

Five years after the creation the BC First Nations Justice Strategy, Canada has now released a federal justice strategy.

Council chair Kory Wilson stated systemic racism and discrimination are at the root of the problem and there’s a need for change.

“I think it’s fair to say that the entire system has failed Indigenous people because in every part of the system, if you look, we get the negative end.”

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