Government gives national inquiry until June 2019 to wrap up commission

The federal government announced Tuesday that it is granting the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls a six-month extension to complete its work.

The federal government announced Tuesday that it is granting the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls a six-month extension to complete its work.

That is a far cry from the two-year $50-million extension the inquiry asked for in early March.

The government also announced that any additional money will have to be worked out.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said after consultation with families, provincial and territorial governments it could not grant a long extension.

The inquiry now has until June 2019 to report to the government.

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