Head of MMIW inquiry says she understands frustrations over hearing delays
VANCOUVER — The chief commissioner of the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women says there is still hope in the work the commission is doing, despite criticism about delays.
Marion Buller said Friday some people want the commission to proceed faster and she understands the frustration of those who have been waiting up to 40 years for answers.
“I understand their anxiety,” she told a news conference at the First Nations House of Learning on the campus of the University of British Columbia.
But she said there are others who are telling the commission to be careful and respectful so that it doesn’t cause any more damage or retraumatize people.