The RCMP on
Friday, May 16, 2014, released a report relating to how aboriginal women are
over represented in the Canadian murder rate. Although Aboriginals represent
4.3% of the female population in Canada in 2013, they represent 16% of all
murdered females in 2013, clearly showing they are about four times more likely
to be murdered than they should be. As well, in this report they reported that
police solve the Aboriginal women’s murders at the same rate, even though their
rate of murder is higher.
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| Many Native Reserves exist in less than acceptable condition |
I feel like this
story is illuminating more than it wants to (that aboriginal women are
mistreated), but also that the system in Canada for the aboriginals is quite
insufficient. They are murdered too often, and quite often by their spouses, or
while drunk, or being in the sex trade when they are murdered. This illuminates
its wanted point, but also that the Canadian system of giving native’s reserves
and tax cuts and pensions isn’t working – because in order to fix this issue
Canada needs to try and induct the reserve natives back into Canadian society,
get rid of native reserves and the system of men living off of alcohol and
beating their wives. Natives need to do what other races have done before them
in Canada, and accept the Canadian system instead of running their own; if they
don’t do this these higher rates of murder will continue since it is quite
obvious that the Canadian system of running native reserves is not working.
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Aboriginal women more prone to violent
death, RCMP say
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CBC
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