By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) says it was excluded from the National Indigenous–Federal–Provincial–Territorial (IFPT) Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) last week in Ottawa. CAP National Chief Brendan Moore denounced the decision, calling it “political.” “Limiting Indigenous voices does real harm,” Moore said. “It leads to incomplete understanding, ineffective solutions and a continued failure to protect all Indigenous peoples.” Established in 2023, the IFPT roundtable is a collective effort that brings together Indigenous leaders and ministers from the provincial and federal governments to help coordinate a collective response to the MMIWG2S crisis. Those in attendance at this year’s IFPT roundtable include the President of National Family and Survivors Circle Inc. Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, New Brunswick’s Minister…
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