OTTAWA — The RCMP is to release updated findings today on missing and murdered aboriginal women.
The release follows an RCMP report released in May 2014 which found 1,181 police-recorded incidents of aboriginal women who disappeared or were killed between 1980 and 2012.
The findings to be released today are expected to focus on things such as enhancing efforts on unresolved cases.
Aboriginal organizations, opposition parties and provincial and territorial premiers have called for a national public inquiry to examine the issue of these women.
The call is also supported by James Anaya, a United Nations official who studied Canadian aboriginal issues in 2013.
He has said a comprehensive inquiry could give families a chance to be heard.
The Harper government says it does not support an inquiry because there have been plenty of studies.
The government says it is acting to address violence against aboriginal women.
