Canada's federal government, along with the Manitoba government, have each agreed to put $20 million Canadian toward the search for the remains of Indigenous women Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canada’s federal government and the provincial Manitoba government agreed Friday to spend tens of millions to help search a landfill for the remains of two slain Indigenous women. A sum of $20 million Canadian from each government is to go toward a search of the privately owned Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg, where the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are believed to be.
Cambria Harris, daughter of Morgan Harris, said Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told her they are going to search every part of the area where her mother is believed to be. She confirmed the amounts. 'I am very grateful,' she said. Jeremy Skibicki is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Harris, Myran and two other women.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has previously said the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous women in Canada have too often been treated as a low priority or ignored. The leader of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said she hopes the governments will fund whatever search efforts may be needed. 'We don’t want to go back and back again to ask that this work be complete,″ Grand Chief Cathy Merrick said.
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